When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
BERNIE MACWhen I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
BERNIE MACIt took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
BERNIE MACI’ve been in training for stardom.
BERNIE MACI ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
BERNIE MACI can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
BERNIE MACWhen you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
BERNIE MACI get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
BERNIE MACI’ve never been no superficial cat.
BERNIE MACI have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
BERNIE MACThat’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
BERNIE MACI 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.
BERNIE MACIt’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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 MACYou don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
BERNIE MACThe Bernie Mac Show’ is my life. It’s the truth, and I’m not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.
BERNIE MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
BERNIE MAC