Donnie Wahlberg Quotes

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.

People wanted me to be like the Madonna, the white nun, you know, and that's not me. But I'm no villain.

I'm not a big fan of just cultivating an image.

I don't want a 'good' image.

I know that some people view me as a bit manufactured. But I can't be Whitney Houston: somebody who is polite and perfect and appeals to your mother and your grandfather.

I'm more comfortable doing a character than being myself.

People around me tell me that I need a bigger persona and to act a little more A-listy because 'that's where you are but you don't act that way, so people undervalue you.' But that's not me.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that.

I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about. I just stand there and sing. And I don't do stunts or anything. if I wanted to do all that, I don't think I'd get away with it.

Once I had all the attention, all I had to do was deliver.

I'm trying to have my own thing, and I don't know if it's even possible. I didn't realize so many people actually think I'm trying to be like my dad. I read comments like 'She's no Elvis.' I'm not trying to be. I never set out to be.

Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person instead of an artist.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.