My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
BERNIE MACJerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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I want to do something that people can really say, ‘Hey, man, that was good, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of that.’ ‘Pride’ and ‘Transformers’ and things like that.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I’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.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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