The Bernie Mac Show’ is my life. It’s the truth, and I’m not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.
BERNIE MACOkay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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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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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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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I don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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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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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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Making people laugh is what I’ve been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don’t care about how I look, I’m dedicated to the laughs.
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When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
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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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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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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’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.
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