Mark Wahlberg Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions

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Mark Wahlberg visits WIRED to offer up answers to his most searched for questions on Google. Where is Mark Wahlberg from? Does Mark Wahlberg really work out at 4AM every day? When does he go to bed? Where did Mark Wahlberg meet his wife? Why did he name his clothing line 'Municipal'? Does Mark Wahlberg think he looks like Matt Damon? Answers to these questions and many more await on the WIRED Autocomplete Interview of Mark Wahlberg.  Director: Jackie Phillips Editor: Alex Mechanik Creative Producer: Justin Wolfson Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen Associate Producer: Brandon White  Production Manager: Peter Brunette Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins Lee Production Assistant: Fernando Barajas Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo; Erica DeLeo Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds

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00:00Hey, I'm Mark Wahlberg, and this is the Wired Autocomplete interview.

00:06Do you remember the last thing you Googled?

00:08No, but I remember the last thing my son Googled of me.

00:11Yeah, he was asking me how much money I had.

00:14Don't pay attention to that. That's inaccurate.

00:19Okay.

00:24No.

00:24Although I am named an honorary Philadelphian for playing Vince Papali in the movie,

00:30I made five movies in Philadelphia, and especially as a Boston native and a Boston sports fan,

00:36we have a major rivalry with Philadelphia, so to be named an honorary Philadelphian is a big deal.

00:43Okay, that's a lot of love.

00:44They threw snowballs at Santa Claus.

00:45So, yeah, so you'd be like, hey, you're from Boston.

00:48Like, what part?

00:48They're like, oh, Nashville, New Hampshire.

00:50Yeah, no, no, no. I'm from the hood.

00:51Mark Wahlberg making a new movie?

00:55I just, I'm about to make a new movie, and I just finished a movie.

00:58I don't know if you noticed, but I keep pretty busy in this day and age.

01:04That would be a yes.

01:06I am definitely a diehard Celtics fan, especially now with Coach Joe Mazzula.

01:13He and I share a special bond in our faith and our love for our family

01:18and putting our faith in our family first.

01:19So, shout out to the coach.

01:21I hope you enjoyed Rome, and I hope you enjoyed that restaurant I sent you to.

01:26Is Mark Wahlberg Italian?

01:29Yeah, this fucking guy over here is fucking Italian.

01:32Of course, I'm fucking Italian.

01:33Get the car.

01:34Fuck it.

01:35Hey, stupid.

01:36Get the fucking car.

01:38No, I'm not Italian.

01:39I am Swedish, French-Canadian, Irish, and whatever other little mixture my parents had along the way.

01:47Yeah.

01:48Fuck out of here.

01:49Fuck it, guys.

01:51Fuck it, guys.

01:52Stay right here.

01:53Okay.

01:54We good?

01:55Okay.

01:56Why does Mark Wahlberg work out at 4 a.m.?

01:59Well, I don't always work out at 4 a.m., but on most days, I do.

02:05People, there's been this whole thing about my schedule, and it's gotten way out of hand.

02:09I don't take hour and a half showers, but I do, no, I get up.

02:13If I get up at 3 a.m., there's a good chance that I went to bed at 7 p.m., so I always get eight hours sleep.

02:21I truly believe that recovery, good rest, is just as important as working out, if not more, as is nutrition.

02:26But, yes, I got up this morning at 3.

02:29I cold plunged at 3.45.

02:30I was in the gym at 4.

02:32I was out of the gym by 5.

02:34I was on the golf course at 6.45.

02:36I played 18 holes in two hours, and then I got stuck in this beautiful studio that I'm reminiscing about.

02:44We shot Boogie Nights here.

02:45That's a true story, too.

02:46Yeah.

02:47Okay.

02:48Why did Mark Wahlberg municipal?

02:50Oh, I missed one.

02:51Sorry.

02:53Why did Mark Wahlberg name his clothing line municipal?

02:56Because, as you know, municipalities are something that are accessible to the public and for everybody.

03:02We are encouraging and inspiring people and challenging people to be the best versions of themselves.

03:07So, whatever level you think you can attain, there's more.

03:11Everybody starts somewhere.

03:13You can start at a municipal basketball court.

03:15You can start a municipal golf course.

03:16You can become a member at Augusta.

03:18You can win the Masters.

03:19There isn't anything you can't do if you're willing to do the work.

03:21So, there is no better name.

03:23And this name is going to be around for a long time.

03:26You'll see.

03:26Why does Mark Wahlberg look like Matt Damon?

03:31I don't know.

03:32Why does Matt Damon look like Mark Wahlberg?

03:33I think, you know what?

03:34I take it as a compliment.

03:36I tell you what.

03:36If people say, hey, I loved you and fucking born identity, I say thank you and I keep walking.

03:41I am not about to try to correct somebody.

03:43I don't have enough time in the day to tell people the difference between myself and Matt.

03:47And he gets that a lot.

03:48And we got a lot of laughs about that when we were doing The Departed.

03:52Yeah.

03:53All good.

03:54Fuck out of here, man.

03:56Okay.

03:58When does Mark Wahlberg go to bed?

04:00You know what?

04:01I tell you, today, it's probably going to be about 6.15.

04:05I turn the television on and I choose not what I'm going to watch, but what is going to watch me sleep.

04:12And it takes about five minutes and I'm done.

04:15Because I usually have a very full day every day.

04:19I go, I get after it from the second I wake up.

04:22And by the time I lay my head down, ready for some snoring.

04:27Well, does Mark Wahlberg eat breakfast?

04:30Of course.

04:31Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

04:33I don't eat breakfast the way I used to eat breakfast.

04:35By the time I used to, I used to get up, I'd be up maybe 15 minutes and I had to eat something.

04:39I always felt like I needed to be eating all the time.

04:41Led to a lot of gut issues for me.

04:44Digestion issues.

04:45Stuff like that.

04:46So, I woke up this morning at 3 and I didn't have breakfast until after golf.

04:51I probably ate about 10, 45, 11 a.m.

04:54But biggest meal of the day is breakfast, small lunch, and a small dinner.

04:59That's usually it for me and I try to do that in a six-hour window.

05:02Maybe on my two toughest workout days, Mondays and Thursdays, my leg days, I'll do four meals.

05:09One little small meal in between in the afternoon.

05:11Nice little snack.

05:13Triple espresso in the morning and then that's it.

05:15But if I'm going to do a fast, four-day, five-day fast, I can drink as much espresso as I want and then water.

05:22That's it.

05:23But I like to fast every once in a while.

05:25Can Mark Wahlberg dance ballet?

05:27I did dance ballet in the other guys.

05:30That was me giving it my best shot.

05:32But I would not say that I'm like a qualified ballet dancer.

05:37That's for sure.

05:38Is Mark Wahlberg the youngest?

05:39Yes, I'm the youngest of nine children.

05:42Can you name all of your siblings?

05:44No.

05:44I forgot most of their names already.

05:46That's such a hard question.

05:48That's like asking me their birthday.

05:49No, of course.

05:50My sister Debbie, rest in peace.

05:53My sister Michelle, rest in peace.

05:55My brother Arthur.

05:56My brother Paul.

05:56My brother Jim.

05:57My sister Tracy.

05:58My brother Bob.

06:00And my brother Donnie.

06:01And my mom actually had two miscarriages very late in pregnancy.

06:04So I would have had an older brother, and I would have actually had a younger brother.

06:09You know, she never stopped trying to have more.

06:12How old is Mark Wahlberg?

06:16In Boogie Nights.

06:19When I shot Boogie Nights, I was 25.

06:23I was 25.

06:25So, yeah.

06:2729 years ago in this studio, popping fireworks.

06:30Paul was 25 as well.

06:3125.

06:34Imagine that.

06:35It's crazy, right?

06:36Long time.

06:37Goes by fast.

06:39I was just thinking of Bill Paxson and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

06:44They worked together on Twister before we shot Boogie Nights, and Bill was working across

06:47the street.

06:48He and I had just done a movie, and I was over here doing Boogie Nights and wanted to try

06:52to get them to reconnect.

06:54How much does Mark Wahlberg eat today?

06:55Well, I said that already.

06:57Three meals.

06:58Four meals.

07:00Every once in a while.

07:01How Mark Wahlberg gets started.

07:06How Mark Wahlberg gets started?

07:08Mark Wahlberg comes from very humble beginnings.

07:10Mark Wahlberg doesn't mind working.

07:13Okay?

07:14Grinding, working, dream, the plan, the hustle.

07:18Is that a good answer?

07:19Where's Mark Wahlberg's burger restaurant?

07:26We have many locations all over the country and all over the world.

07:29We're also, we're international.

07:31We're in Australia.

07:32We're in New Zealand.

07:33We're in Canada.

07:34We're here in LA on Hollywood Boulevard, and we have many, many new locations coming very

07:38soon.

07:39Never wanted to be in the burger business, but my brother is a very accomplished chef.

07:45He was always working for other people.

07:47He wanted to open his own business.

07:48He opened the first restaurant, which is Alma Nove, which was a tribute to my mother, Alma's

07:52Nine, for the nine children, and she was the hostess there.

07:55And then he wanted to start a burger chain, which I thought was a ridiculous idea.

07:59But then, of course, the entrepreneur in me was like, you know what?

08:02I can actually build this.

08:03So I take care of the business.

08:05He kind of comes up with the customer experience.

08:07Donnie does the marketing.

08:08And it really did bring us together.

08:10And I think the best thing about the show, which created a lot of awareness and excitement

08:13around the brand, really gave my mom the recognition that I think she really desired, but certainly

08:20deserved for raising nine kids in a very difficult situation under very difficult circumstances.

08:25So to kind of get her to reconnect, she became a celebrity herself.

08:30She was kind of like the star of the show.

08:33It really meant a lot to her.

08:34I mean, obviously, she was thrilled to see us become successful, but, you know, she had

08:38worked really hard.

08:39She had dreams of her own.

08:40And so it meant a lot to her when people recognized her and said, what a wonderful job she did with

08:44the kids, because, you know, it was not always the case.

08:49Where is Mark Wahlberg's Hollywood Star?

08:51Let's, on Hollywood Boulevard, by, across from, what's that theater?

08:58What's the hotel?

08:59The nice hotel.

09:01The Roosevelt.

09:02It's near the Roosevelt Hotel.

09:03Across the street, on the other side.

09:05Same side as Man's Chinese.

09:08So that would be north side of the street?

09:11I don't have my compass, I'm sorry.

09:14Um, where did Mark Wahlberg meet his wife?

09:16I actually met my wife through a mutual friend in New York.

09:21We had kind of crossed paths in L.A., but we met in New York through a mutual friend.

09:28How long have you been married?

09:30Trying to give me a lot of trouble.

09:32Uh, 15 years.

09:35Okay.

09:36Can Mark Wahlberg fly a helicopter?

09:38No.

09:39Fuck no.

09:39I could fly a remote control helicopter.

09:41Does Mark Wahlberg own a Chevy dealership?

09:45I own multiple Chevy dealerships.

09:47You want a deal?

09:49A little suburban?

09:51Silverado.

09:52My favorite Chevy?

09:53Camaro.

09:54Eh, Corvette.

09:55Camaro.

09:57Impala.

09:57I actually just had an Oldsmobile 442, 1971.

10:01It was pretty sweet.

10:02Can Mark Wahlberg speak French?

10:06I can say bad words in lots of languages.

10:09Yes.

10:09I've spoken French in multiple movies.

10:11I've spoken now Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew.

10:19Yes.

10:19I spoke quite a bit of French.

10:20Actually, in the last movie I speak, in the last Family Plan, I speak even more French than

10:24I did in the first one.

10:26And I know all the curse words.

10:29Fuck, it's about time.

10:30Putain!

10:32Okay.

10:33What breed is Mark Wahlberg's dog?

10:35Well, I have more dogs than you're allowed in the state of Nevada.

10:38I have, we have, we have five dogs, but technically we have six dogs in the house, and really we

10:47have seven dogs, because now my daughter has a dog named Dickson, a Golden Retriever.

10:55He lives with her, but hopefully after school she'll come home and he'll be with us.

11:01My son Michael has a dog that lives upstairs in our house named Pickle.

11:07He's a wiener dog, you know, the long little, what are they called?

11:10Dotsons.

11:11Yeah, so cute, named Pickle.

11:13Oh, she's a sweetheart.

11:15And then we have two Pomskies, Jojo and Penny, and then we have a Pomeranian teacup named

11:22Champ, who's battling alopecia.

11:24So if anybody has a cure, not offer up some prayers.

11:28He doesn't notice, he doesn't mind, but he was like, oh.

11:31He was like Ted.

11:33And then we have two Boston Terriers, Lola and Nugget.

11:40Yeah, we got a house full of dogs, and usually a living room full of poop that we have to

11:46clean up in the morning.

11:48Jojo doesn't like Nugget.

11:50Jojo is the Pomsky.

11:53He's got that wolf mentality.

11:56Oh, shit, I missed one, sorry.

11:58I'll cover that up.

12:00Can't see that.

12:01What is Mark Wahlberg's accent?

12:04You know, I tried to lose my Boston accent when I got into the movies.

12:10I realized not everybody spoke like me, and for a lot of people it was like nails on the

12:15chalkboard.

12:16And so I was like, you know what?

12:17Going to lose my accent.

12:19Never going to play a Boston character, ever.

12:22I realized some of the most memorable films are me playing Boston guys, whether it be The

12:26Fighter or The Departed or Ted.

12:30Patriot Day, I mean, there's a lot of movies that I've done, Spencer, Confidential.

12:35You know, what's funny is, Perfect Storm, when other actors do a Boston accent, this is a

12:41nice little tidbit I'll share with you.

12:42We were doing The Departed.

12:43And Matt Damon and I are obviously both from Boston.

12:45Most of our other actors weren't from Boston.

12:47There were some actors, not all, but some were like, I think they're going to think that we're

12:52doing too heavy, fake Boston accents.

12:56A lot of people, you know, some people, they listen to JFK.

12:59You know, some people, you know, they all have their paktika and that's it.

13:02But it's a little more nuanced than that.

13:04But definitely try to shake the accent for a long time.

13:07If I have too much time at home or a little too much of something, then maybe it comes

13:14out a little bit thicker.

13:15But my kids love to make fun of my accent.

13:18Not the wicked good.

13:19That's terrible.

13:20That's terrible.

13:21I fucking hate that.

13:23I've never been able to get rid of it.

13:24Like when somebody says, hey, I'm a math hole.

13:26I'm a fellow math hole.

13:27I'm like, why would you call yourself that?

13:30We grew up in Dorchester, right?

13:32So people, they call us dot rats, right?

13:35It's not a compliment.

13:37And people who aren't from there or think, you know, it's cool to be from there.

13:41Like, they call you dot rat.

13:43We get offended by those things.

13:45Okay, what music does Mark Wahlberg listen to?

13:49Right now, I'm crazy into yacht rock.

13:55Like, yacht rock, I have a boat and I know we have the adult boat and the kids go out on

14:01the ski boat and wakeboard and tube.

14:03I go in that fucking, I want to hear some Todd Rundgren.

14:07I want to hear some Michael McDonald.

14:09I want to hear Journey.

14:11I want to see some fucking hit fucking records that take you back.

14:15A little bit of nostalgia.

14:16I don't really listen to music when I'm in the gym.

14:19I kind of have ESPN on.

14:20I'm watching sports highlights from the night before that I missed because I was asleep so

14:24early.

14:24Never know who won the game.

14:26Never usually make it past halftime.

14:28And that's like, it's a West Coast game.

14:30I like, obviously, hip-hop music.

14:32I like reggae.

14:32I like rock and roll.

14:33I like R&B.

14:34My kids are now in, like, not all of my kids, but two of my children specifically are into

14:40country.

14:41Which is like, so random.

14:43But it's cool.

14:44But yeah, I'm mostly listening right now.

14:47Yacht rock.

14:48Classic rock.

14:49All right.

14:51Well, thank you guys for all the wonderful questions.

14:53Hopefully, I answered as thoroughly as you'd hoped.

14:56And, you know, make sure if you get a chance, please check out Play Dirty on Amazon Prime.

15:01Streaming now.

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