Mark Wahlberg Quotes

Justin Bieber is like the white Tupac. Compared to a lot of people.

If I succeed in business but fail as a father, then I've failed.

You have to take everything I say with a grain of salt.

Most of the humor comes from how outrageous the situations and circumstances are.

Any time someone says you have an opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese you jump at the chance.

I'm much more concerned with being a good dad than a good actor, being there for my children, educating them and hopefully helping them avoid some of the mistakes that I've made.

I have a lot of real life experience with hustling and doing stupid stuff.

I've been in enough movies to know that when you're on the set and you start shooting, you're looking at playback and you get a sense of what it's going to be like.

The first thing I do when I start my day is, I get down on my hands and knees and give thanks to God. Whenever I go outside of my house, the first thing I do is stop at the church.

Immortality... Is that a super power?

For a lot of explosions and stuff like that [in Transformers] you're harnessed to something getting swung in the air or dragged onto something or thrown onto something.

When you think about the person responsible for creating the character and the dialogue, Bill Monahan, who's a Boston guy, obviously, his words roll off my tongue quite nicely.

There are guys who want to look good, and there are guys who want to perform at their best. Being fit is about being able to perform at your best, not necessarily just looking your best.

I don't enjoy doing nothing or sitting in my trailer watching ESPN.

I don't like to eat in movies. I don't like props. Some people have always got to have a thing and they're doing this or doing that. I hate it. I just want to talk or fight. Or both!

James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.

I always tend to like the characters that I play. I'm convinced that I am this person and I'm OK with whatever they do.

I don't intend to be insensitive to the victims and their families but, at the same time, as an actor, it's our job, and we are obligated to portray the characters in the most realistic way possible.

Well every moment, every project is different. I took a very slow approach to acting, trying to really work with people I could learn from. And I got something different out of each experience.

I always root for the bad guy and I don't think you have a great movie without a great villain.

The success of 'The Fighter' made it a lot easier to get 'Broken City' green-lit. And the buzz about 'The Fighter' also made it a lot easier to get 'Contraband' green-lit.

I never got on the course with my dad, but to be playing golf with my kids - that's a dream.

I have more money now than I know what to do with.

The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.

If I don't go to mass, necessarily, every day, but I definitely go to the church every day. That's how I start my day. I like to get in there for about 15 to 20 minutes and say my prayers.

That whole world, the world of bodybuilding to me is fascinating. It's such a unique and interesting culture, and everything about it appeals to me.

I approach a comedy the same way I do a drama. I try to make it as real as possible.

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.

Success for me is just having a job and have the studio feel confident that I can go out there and make a movie that people will enjoy.

The environment I was raised in, you had to, to survive.

I'm the father of two boys and two girls, so I'm more an emotional wreck than a mushball.

The world is very different today than it was in 1968.

Boston didn't always have the best reputation, nor did I, growing up in Boston, as a kid with challenges and obstacles in front of me.

I also like to get out there to promote a positive message about the importance of family and faith and of doing the right thing.

The world obviously needs to change ... if we can't protect our innocent women and children, then we have a serious problem.

I like to do projects I feel some connection to.

I'm only doing whatever the next role calls for.

I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.

I can always see something of myself in the characters I play.

When you go into a starring position and you're carrying a movie, it's important that people like it. So I only do things that I can connect with in some sort of way, or that I can identify with.

I was excited about getting my first tattoo, but I was only twelve, so I had to hide it from my mother.

I'm at the halfway point of shooting .

I do understand that going out and promoting the movie is a big responsibility, and part of the reason they give me the job in the first place.

I love the man that [Peter Berg] is, the father that he is, and the leader. We push each other in a way. It's competitive.

Even my going back to school was to inspire young people that it's never too late to education. That's all I can do, and try to be the best father and husband that I can be.

Working with talented people and challenging myself as an actor [excites me].

[Cade Yeager] is like a man on the run which is fun, it's a bit of an adventure story.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility. I was a street hustler. I did whatever it took. I sold whatever I could sell. I'm a good organiser.

I never lie. I believe everything I say, so it's not a lie.