The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
BERNIE MACYou know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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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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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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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 love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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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 love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
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