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

Bernie Mac

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  Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.

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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 ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.

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

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  It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.

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  Comedy has been so good to me.

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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’m not a star, I hate that word, and I’m an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I’m an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

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

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  I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.

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  I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

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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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  Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.

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