“It’s weird: I’ve been to prison, I’ve seen the worst sort of violence and negative shit on the streets, but when it comes to putting my heart on the line and letting somebody get to know me in a relationship, it’s very difficult.’’

— Mark Wahlberg (born 1971), movie and TV actor, producer and former rapper, was brought up on the then mean streets of Boston’s Dorchester section, where he got into drugs and crime.