I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
BERNIE MACMy family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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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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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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People like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
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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.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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