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 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 powerful writing fun I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it. Donnie Wahlberg be-creative creative thinking 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 trying giving people 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 reputation film thinking 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-be trying thinking 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 agents auditions goes-on I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. Donnie Wahlberg trying character reality 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-awards film 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 respect real people 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 different character people 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 shadow new-york feelings 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 preparation acting character We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods. Donnie Wahlberg want-u want people I like being a leader in real life. Donnie Wahlberg leader real-life real I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it. Donnie Wahlberg iron names chef 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 doubt character A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down. Donnie Wahlberg elderly kids people 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 fans real reading 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 careers leader done 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. Donnie Wahlberg growing-up hate kids
