My daughter was a beautiful child.
BERNIE MACMy daughter was a beautiful child.
BERNIE MACI’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
BERNIE MACI love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
BERNIE MACI 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.
BERNIE MACI’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.
BERNIE MACWhy do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
BERNIE MACThe success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
BERNIE MACI 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.’
BERNIE MACOnly way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
BERNIE MACYou know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
BERNIE MACHugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
BERNIE MACI 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 MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
BERNIE MACI’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
BERNIE MACI’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
BERNIE MACI’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
BERNIE MAC