I was a street performer for two years.
BERNIE MACI was a street performer for two years.
BERNIE MACI want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
BERNIE MACWhen I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
BERNIE MACYou have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
BERNIE MACI can act. I’ve been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don’t nobody owe you nothing. You’ve go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don’t go from M to Z.
BERNIE MACMy comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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 MACWhen it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
BERNIE MACWhen you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
BERNIE MACOkay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
BERNIE MACI’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
BERNIE MACWhatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
BERNIE MACBernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
BERNIE MACMy humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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 MACYou know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
BERNIE MAC