Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice Donnie Wahlberg More Quotes by Donnie Wahlberg More Quotes From Donnie Wahlberg 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. Donnie Wahlberg powerfulwritingfun I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it. Donnie Wahlberg be-creativecreativethinking 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. Donnie Wahlberg tryinggivingpeople Tobin Bell wasn't obligated to do the second Saw film but he wanted to. I think they brought me into this film because there's a first time director, and my reputation is one of an actor who's there for the betterment of the project. I'm not there to better myself. I'm there to bring all my resources to the project to make it as good as it can be. In the end, that makes everyone look good. Donnie Wahlberg reputationfilmthinking 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. Donnie Wahlberg would-betryingthinking 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 Donnie Wahlberg agentsauditionsgoes-on I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. Donnie Wahlberg tryingcharacterreality We just constantly worked on second Saw film, it's not an Academy award level film, but we worked as hard we could to make it plausible. Donnie Wahlberg academy-awardsfilm 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. Donnie Wahlberg respectrealpeople 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. Donnie Wahlberg differentcharacterpeople For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling. Donnie Wahlberg shadownew-yorkfeelings With acting, it's all about internalizing the character for me and doing all the preparation you can. So the day you first step into your wardrobe, you can walk like the person. That's really the moment where the light bulb goes off. You're nervous; any actor will tell you that. Robert De Niro will probably tell you the same thing. He may not want to share that with you, but he probably goes through it. That's why actors are so neurotic. Donnie Wahlberg preparationactingcharacter We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods. Donnie Wahlberg want-uwantpeople I like being a leader in real life. Donnie Wahlberg leaderreal-lifereal I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it. Donnie Wahlberg ironnameschef 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. Donnie Wahlberg doubtcharacter A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down. Donnie Wahlberg elderlykidspeople 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. Donnie Wahlberg fansrealreading I'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career. Donnie Wahlberg careersleaderdone 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. Donnie Wahlberg sympatheticaudiencehonest
