I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
BERNIE MACI can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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I can act. I’ve been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don’t nobody owe you nothing. You’ve go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don’t go from M to Z.
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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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I hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.
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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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