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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

Bernie Mac

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More Bernie Mac Quotes

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  I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.

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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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  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 don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.

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  I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.

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  When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.

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  My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.

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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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  I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.

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  I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.

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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 get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.

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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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  It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.

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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 two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.

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