If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
BERNIE MACWhen you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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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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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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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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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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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 know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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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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I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
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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’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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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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