I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
BERNIE MACJerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars – that’s heaven here on earth.
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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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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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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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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’
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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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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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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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I hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.
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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, ‘Why am I so black?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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