Quotes from Mark Wahlberg

Women don't get the credit they deserve.

I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.

Being a Catholic is the most important aspect of my life.

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.

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

I don't plan on ever letting my daughters date. I'm going to try to do everything I can to prevent it. You know, it just terrifies me. It just terrifies me.

I want to give my kids the world, but I also want them to appreciate everything, to succeed, to be good people, to enjoy life. This is my most important role. If I fail at this, I fail at everything.

I like to do projects I feel some connection to.

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 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 work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.

I've got a pretty wide range of stuff that I'm interested in in life. But producing... it gives me a lot more time at home to spend with my family as opposed to being away on location shooting nights for months at a time.

A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.

As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.

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

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

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.

When I was a rapper, the groupies didn't have to try too hard with me. Just show up at the hotel.

I don't want to let my guard down and feel too comfortable. If you become complacent, you start feeling entitled. I'm ready to go dig ditches if I have to. Whatever I gotta do to provide for my family. Whatever I gotta do to make sure that I do the best possible job at whatever wonderful opportunities I've been handed.

I've always been into working out and eating healthy. That's just who I am.

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

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

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.