I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.
BERNIE MACOnly way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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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’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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