Donnie Wahlberg
I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot.
We never really felt a real level of respect. The fame was fantastic, but that wasn't that important to me, because for every million people that loved me I focused on the one that hated me.
I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.
With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old '70s film.
What's important is self-appreciation.
Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice.
We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.
There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well.
The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.
Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon.
It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.
It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.
It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project.
In the end I'm the only one who knows me.
In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.
If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.
I'm a fan of good horror movies.
I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.
I had to learn how to become a real actor, I had to suffer and be rejected and face that 100 times just like every actor. It wasn't like someone handed it to me.
I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are.
For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.
A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.
I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.
I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.
A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.
I'm not a big fan of table reads or sitting around a table and reading a script. I'd rather do it on set and do it for real.
In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But I also started studying theatre in high school my freshman year as well. So throughout high school, I was actually doing both.
When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.
It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves.
I want people to come see my films and enjoy them, but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.
I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.
Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility.
I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.
I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.
I like being a leader in real life.
When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway.
For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.
I don't sleep very much. I really like to work, though. I feel like a kid in a candy store.
Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.
If I wanted to connect like I do now, I'd have to write 500,000 letters, get 500,000 stamps, send them out and wait for them all to come back. This stuff is instantaneous. I can see if someone is having a bad day and send them a smiley face and have an effect on them. It's fun, but it's also a very powerful thing.Collection: Fun
What's important is self-appreciationCollection: Appreciation
You can't control what people gravitate to and what they don't. We can only control the work that we do and try to give it the best that we can.Collection: People
I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shotCollection: Agents
I would like to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. I think it would be great to sit in a room with him...and try to make peace.Collection: Thinking
It wasn't until The Sixth Sense that people started saying, wow, man, you're an actor. People didn't think of me as the guy in a band anymore.Collection: Men
You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as possible.Collection: Honest
Every job in Hollywood is a risk. You don't know, when you sign a contract, if something is going to pop, you don't know whether this or that network is going to support your show. You just show up and do the best work you can do, gravitate towards the best material, you know, and try to make the right choices. And the rest of it is a roll of the dice.Collection: Jobs
I didnt get arrested to show off my wild character. People say its a gimmick for all five of us to be different. Thats ridiculous.Collection: Character
It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I amCollection: Actors
We as actors doubt up until the last minute that we can be this person. So everything matters, the more work you do, you get in touch with who the character is.Collection: Character