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Mark Wahlberg is having a pretty good year, financially speaking. He reportedly raked in $68 million in 2017, which is ironic considering his movies were box office blahs. Most notably, his lead role in Patriots Day based on the Boston bombing only profited by $5m after relying on a $45m production budget, the Independent reports. But, no one outworks the 46-year-old. The dude is voracious.
In a recent interview with Men’s Health, Wahlberg responded to a question about how he has the motor to finish his 43rd movie and counting, most recently the Ridley Scott–directed thriller All the Money in the World. His response: “It’s work ethic, it’s something I’ve always had.”
Wahlberg is gearing up for his next project, Mile 22, a CIA thriller with director Peter Berg who he’s grown close to through collaborating with on Lone Survivor, Patriots Day, and Deepwater Horizon. His preparation for the movie is as intense as he is.
“I’m doing [the Versaclimber, a machine similar to a stairclimber] twice a day and jumping rope,” Wahlberg says. “If I wake up at 3:30, I can go to the golf course at 6:30, be done by 8:30, and then be home and then do the rest of my stuff: work with a physiotherapist, get treatment, hit the cryo chamber.”
“I’ve been fat in all of Peter’s movies,” Wahlberg says. “For this one I’m going to be down to 6 percent body fat.”
Hearing him talk about undying motivation makes me feel like a bag of sand.
“The only way to be the best is to keep working like you got nothing,” Wahlberg says. “Keep getting after it, and be more and more aggressive, more and more focused every day. I don’t know. I have more drive and desire now than I ever have.”
I guess I’m going to the gym tonight.
[h/t Men’s Health]