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" Look, we are a rock group. But you should see all those things in perspective. People tend to blow up everything into ridiculous proportions. And then the fun is gone real soon. "

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" A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves. "

Donnie Wahlberg

Waves

You

Responsibility

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

" When you grow up in a city like Boston, where I grew up, a lot of kids became criminals or cops. I never really had a bad take on cops other than I hate when there's one behind me on the highway. "

" With the Internet, kids today learn things quicker than we do and they have everything there is to see, so you have to do more than just remake some old '70s film. "

" It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves. "

" I love food shows: Anthony Bourdain, Iron Chef, Chopped, you name it. "

" For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world. "

" I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are. "

Donnie Wahlberg

Wild

Stage

" Producing suits me because I have a business mind and a business sensibility. "

Donnie Wahlberg

Mind

Business

" 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. "

" I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it. "

" 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. "

" We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods. "

" 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. "

Donnie Wahlberg

Start

Someone

" 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. "

" There's a real danger in doing a sequel. There are some benefits, but that all hinges on how well you execute. Quite frankly, most sequels don't execute well. "

" It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole different responsibility. It's much different than being a regular. You come in, and it's a lot of unfamiliar faces, and you want to try to fit in as best you can, but also you want to stay there without making waves. "

" 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. "

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

" In high school, I was one of the cofounders of New Kids on the Block my freshman year in high school. But I also started studying theatre in high school my freshman year as well. So throughout high school, I was actually doing both. "

" 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. "

" What's important is self-appreciation. "

Donnie Wahlberg

Important

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

" It doesn't matter to me if it has a surprise ending or not. I usually go for the material or the project. "

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

" I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table. "

" I like being a leader in real life. "

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