{"id":144531,"date":"2023-10-26T11:43:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144531"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:43:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:43:28","slug":"mark-wahlberg-i-dont-think-that-ill-be-acting-that-much-longer-at-the-pace-i-am-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/celebrities\/mark-wahlberg-i-dont-think-that-ill-be-acting-that-much-longer-at-the-pace-i-am-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Wahlberg: ‘I don\u2019t think that I\u2019ll be acting that much longer at the pace I am now’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark Wahlberg covers the latest issue of Cigar Aficionado. I didn\u2019t even know that he smoked cigars, but I guess a lot of people are quietly smoking cigars and we don\u2019t know until they appear in this magazine. The only reason I\u2019m covering this is because Mark is seemingly previewing his retirement from acting. I honestly don\u2019t remember the last time I saw him in anything\u2026 let me look at his IMDB\u2026 yeah, I haven\u2019t seen any of his recent films, as he seems to be stuck doing family-oriented and churchy stuff in recent years. Apparently, he\u2019s burned out on that stuff.<\/p>\n
\nHe won\u2019t be an actor for much longer: <\/strong>\u201cWell, I\u2019m certainly working harder now than ever. Certain businesses, you kind of build them, pass them on or you exit. Hopefully my kids, we\u2019ll see what their interests are, but I don\u2019t think that I\u2019ll be acting that much longer at the pace I am now. That\u2019s for sure. Because that\u2019s the most difficult thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Boogie Nights:<\/strong> “When I first heard about the film, the subject matter was not appealing to me. I came from the whole Marky Mark thing, pulling down my pants, Calvin Klein underwear – I didn’t know if this was just the next level of exploiting me and now all of a sudden we have to lose the underwear. My agents kept pushing me. So I read the first 25, 30 pages, and I kind of put it down. I was like this could be something great, or this could be absolutely terrible.”<\/p>\n
Why he began producing:<\/strong> “I was always proactive in trying to find material and things that I could produce, that I knew was right for me, to create my own destiny. If I’m going to be in that position I’d rather be behind the wheel. You’re going 100 miles an hour down the highway, do you want to be in the back seat with no seatbelt or do you want to be behind the wheel?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[Cigar Aficionado quotes via THR and MSN]<\/p>\n
He keeps going on and on about his Boogie Nights regrets and I don\u2019t get it at all – that film turned him from \u201ca rapper with a side-gig in acting\u201d to a bona fide A-list actor. And yes, I know that he committed hate crimes and he\u2019s pretty much an awful person\u2026 but I always thought he was sort of talented as an actor. I\u2019m no Wahlberg stan, but he\u2019s a much better actor than most people realized, imo. But if the well is dry, so be it. As I said, he\u2019s been making weird, cheesy family films lately and I get the impression that he\u2019s just not seeing the scripts he\u2019d like. <\/p>\n
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Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.<\/small><\/p>\n