Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg quotes His role as Dirk Diggler in 'Boogie Nights' (1997) Born: 06/05/1971 Country: usa

• A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen. (Mark Wahlberg) [people/more]
• A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills. (Mark Wahlberg) [actors]
• Acting was the last thing I wanted to do. (Mark Wahlberg) [thing]
• After that 20-week experience of being on the set every day, whether I was shooting or not, I was like, This is what I want to do. (Mark Wahlberg) [experience/being/day]
• All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself. (Mark Wahlberg) [underwear/money/worry]
• Clooney is just a pretty boy, man, and that's it, OK? I carried him on my back long enough. I'm on my own. (Mark Wahlberg)
• He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it. (Mark Wahlberg) [legend/respect/nice/think]
• Helena Bonham-Carter was pretty good underneath that makeup, but Jennifer is extremely sexy in this movie, not to mention talented. (Mark Wahlberg) [movie]
• Hockey is probably one of the most expensive sports. You have to have a place to play. You have to have the proper equipment. You have to have the transportation to get there. (Mark Wahlberg)
• I agree with anything and everything Richard Zanuck says, because that guy is the coolest guy that I've ever met in the business. After working with him, I feel I'm part of the movie business. (Mark Wahlberg) [business/movie/business]
• I don't like being attached without a director. (Mark Wahlberg) [being/director]
• I feel I've accomplished what I set out to do which is to prove to certain people who count that I'm capable of interesting work. (Mark Wahlberg) [people]
• I get motion sickness really easy. (Mark Wahlberg) [motion]
• I had been approached by a couple of people as far as making movies because of my success in music, but it was always to play the white rapper in Sister Act 2, or something that would just kind of put the final nail into my coffin of my career. (Mark Wahlberg) [people/music/career]
• I had had a troubled past, but like most rappers they go out and talk about it to kind of help their career. (Mark Wahlberg) [past/help/career]
• I had just gotten out of jail and I wanted to make a record. I saw my brother making millions of dollars and I'm still struggling, so I compromised. But they continued to push me further in the opposite direction. I decided not to make another record. (Mark Wahlberg) [direction]
• I hadn't been on the ice for 20-something years. I played a lot of street hockey. There was one pair of skates in my household. They were probably about a size twelve and I wasn't even 12 years old. (Mark Wahlberg)
• I have a lot of real life experience with hustling and doing stupid stuff. (Mark Wahlberg) [life/experience]
• I just realized that the whole point of doing interviews was to promote this movie, so see it three times. (Mark Wahlberg) [point/movie]
• I like Eminem, I think Eminem's really talented, but I'm trying to go a completely different route. (Mark Wahlberg) [think]
• I like George a lot and we were supposed to do Ocean's 11 together but a choice had to be made between Tim Burton and third wheel to Clooney again-let me step out on my own, know what I'm sayin'? (Mark Wahlberg) [choice]
• I love going out on the track and just flying around, they give you a car and tell you to go-you couldn't ask for more fun. (Mark Wahlberg) [love/give/car/more]
• I love my mother, man. Are you crazy? I can't be a bad influence on anybody! (Mark Wahlberg) [love/mother/bad/influence]
• I met Penny Marshall. I certainly understood where she was coming from, and she told me she really thought I could be good at it. So the next thing you know, I find myself screen testing for her and auditioning. (Mark Wahlberg) [thing/find]
• I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie. (Mark Wahlberg)
• I prefer to be clothed. I've been on the other side and I can sympathize with actresses who are asked to wear skimpy outfits. I know a lot of people like to see that but it's not fair. (Mark Wahlberg) [people]
• I remember being in my kitchen, watching the war in Iraq, and not being fazed by it at all. You've seen worse in films. (Mark Wahlberg) [remember/being/war/being]
• I said I was going to wait out my contract, which would have taken six years. That's not really a good thing for a new artist to do. (Mark Wahlberg) [contract/thing/artist]
• I think I could have been a lot more successful, had I been allowed to do what I wanted to do. I think the record company had one specific idea, and they wanted to go for that. (Mark Wahlberg) [think/more/think/company]
• I try to do as much as I can, to give back. I think the biggest impact I can have is by actually being there with kids and inspiring them in a way that they can relate to me. (Mark Wahlberg) [give/think/being]
• I was going through hard times as far as how I was being perceived in the music world, because of my association with my brother's group. (Mark Wahlberg) [being/music/group]

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