Comedy has been so good to me.
BERNIE MACIf you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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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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The 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.
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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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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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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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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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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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