I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
BERNIE MACI can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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If 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.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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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 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’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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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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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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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 so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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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’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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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
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