You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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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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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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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 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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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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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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 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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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