Quotes By Mark Wahlberg

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

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.

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

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

Immortality... Is that a super power?

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

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

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

I like to talk to people. I've got one assistant, one Blackberry. That's my overhead. I don't text that much or email. I like to sit down face-to-face and have a conversation with you. I'm old-fashioned.

I'm always friendly and encouraging on set. I want people to be at their best creatively.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

Women don't get the credit they deserve.

Tiger Woods is the only sports star who's worth every penny he makes.

For me, family always comes first; I would do anything to protect them.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.

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.

And I tell you, having girls has made me a much better man. I have friends who are fathers, but they only have boys, and they have the same attitude toward women they always had, you know? And I don't play that... My girls, you mess with them? I will bury you underground.

I want people to come see my films and enjoy them but at the end of the day you can't control what people think.

I did a lot of things that I regretted and I certainly paid for my mistakes. You have to go and ask for forgiveness and it wasn't until I really started doing good and doing right, by other people as well as myself, that I really started to feel that guilt go away. So I don't have a problem going to sleep at night.

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills.

You know, there's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

Having two daughters changed my perspective on a lot of things, and I definitely have a newfound respect for women. And I think I finally became a good and real man when I had a daughter.

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.

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