When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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You 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.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I 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.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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I’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
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My girlfriend Rhonda, who’s now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, ‘You’ve got to do the right thing.’
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I 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.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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