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.
BERNIE MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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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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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I 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.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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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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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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