Quotes from Donnie Wahlberg

In the end I'm the only one who knows me.

Backstreet Boys fans don't want to hear the New Kids singing all of their hits. Just like our fans don't want to hear the Backstreet Boys singing all of our hits.

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.

When New Kids became really successful, I got a lot of offers to do parts in movies and TV shows, but I was really busy, so I pretty much turned everything down. But I always knew it was something that I would eventually put some energy into.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice.

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.

For a Bostonian... we live in the shadow of New York, and to be acknowledged by New Yorkers is really the greatest feeling.

If you are succesfull for 20 years, you can't expect to stay on the same level all through that period. A career has its ups and downs and in-betweens.

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

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'm very much a leader in a lot of the work that I do or that I've done in my career.

I don't sleep very much. I really like to work, though. I feel like a kid in a candy store.

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.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am

A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down.

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.