Donnie Wahlberg quotes

Donnie Wahlberg is an American actor, producer, and singer, widely known for his role in the boy band New Kids on the Block and in television shows like "Blue Bloods." His career spans music, film, and television, earning him both critical acclaim and a loyal fan base. He continues to be an influential figure in the entertainment industry. Here are 37 of his quotes:

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

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In the end I'm the only one who knows me.

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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.

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What's important is self-appreciation.

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It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

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The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

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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.

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Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice.

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It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project.

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For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I'm a fan of good horror movies.

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I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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