Donnie Wahlberg
Donnie Wahlberg
Donald Edmond "Donnie" Wahlberg, Jr.is an American singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, and film producer. He is a founding member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. Outside of music, he has had featured roles in the Saw films, The Sixth Sense, Dreamcatcher, and Righteous Kill, also appearing in the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers. From 2002 to 2003, he starred in the crime drama Boomtown. He has been starring in the drama series Blue Bloods with...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 August 1969
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
I didn't get arrested to show off my wild character. People say it's a gimmick for all five of us to be different. That's ridiculous.
I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.
My whole high school experience was acting in plays and writing and directing and producing plays during the day and doing music at night.
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.
I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.
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.
We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.
If you're playing a fictional character, you can create a character, you can sort of take certain liberties. And when you're playing a real person who's actually standing there watching you, you know, it's - you do feel a weight. You know, you feel an obligation to not only be - to give the best performance that you can, but to make sure that you represent this person.
A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.
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.
To me it is harder to play a real person, but when you do it and you feel good about it and the person feels good about it, I think that's doubly rewarding. So the challenge is greater, the risk is greater, but the reward is greater as well.
I like being a leader in real life.
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.
I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it.