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Mark Wahlberg 'actively' working on 'Entourage' film development

By April MacIntyre Jan 11, 2012, 14:58 GMT

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'Contraband' star Mark Wahlberg talks about the grueling work of family life, he status of that Entourage movie, and more with GQ.com.

Excerpts from the interview include:

The Fighter and Contraband were both physically demanding roles. How's that 40-year-old body of yours holding up?

Mark Wahlberg: I'm not as young as I used to be. [laughs] I was just putting together Christmas gifts for my kids and my wife bought all these elaborate big trucks, with motors and everything, and I had to put it all together. And I was squatting down for about two hours, three hours. The next day I couldn't get up. [laughs]

Would life have been different for you coming up as a star in today's TMZ culture?

Mark Wahlberg: It is what it is. If you're smart you're just gonna be all about the work. But as a young person, you want to be out there, and you're out going out and going to clubs and doing all that stuff. I'm just glad I survived it. They don't bother me. I don't bother them.

You just hope that people realize they're very fortunate to be in that position and not to take that for granted and work hard and stay disciplined. It all comes with the territory. You can't have your cake and eat it too. I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

Is there any truth to the Entourage movie rumors? Or is that just industry chatter?

Mark Wahlberg: Oh, no, that's definitely something that we're actively trying to put together. We're just waiting for [series creator] Doug [Ellin] to write the script.

So what can we expect from an Entourage feature-length?

Mark Wahlberg: I think a 90-minute movie of sheer craziness—the guys getting back to just being about the guys, you know? Lose the ladies. Go crazy. Give people what they want.

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