Comedy has been so good to me.
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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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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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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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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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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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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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 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.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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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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