My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
BERNIE MACI don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I 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.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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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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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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