Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
BERNIE MACWhen I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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My girlfriend Rhonda, who’s now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, ‘You’ve got to do the right thing.’
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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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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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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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 have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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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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I want to do something that people can really say, ‘Hey, man, that was good, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of that.’ ‘Pride’ and ‘Transformers’ and things like that.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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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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I can act. I’ve been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don’t nobody owe you nothing. You’ve go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don’t go from M to Z.
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I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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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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