Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
BERNIE MACWhatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
BERNIE MACI’m not a star, I hate that word, and I’m an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I’m an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.
BERNIE MACBernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
BERNIE MACHugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
BERNIE MACWhen I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars – that’s heaven here on earth.
BERNIE MACJerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
BERNIE MACPeople like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
BERNIE MACSuffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACI want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’
BERNIE MACI don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
BERNIE MACThe success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
BERNIE MACI love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
BERNIE MACI’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
BERNIE MACMaking people laugh is what I’ve been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don’t care about how I look, I’m dedicated to the laughs.
BERNIE MACWhen I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
BERNIE MACMy comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
BERNIE MAC