I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.
BERNIE MACI always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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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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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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