I’ve been in training for stardom.
BERNIE MACI’ve been in training for stardom.
BERNIE MACI hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.
BERNIE MACFear is not one of my attributes.
BERNIE MACYou can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
BERNIE MACYou’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
BERNIE MACWhen it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
BERNIE MACI’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.
BERNIE MACI became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
BERNIE MACIf 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.
BERNIE MACI’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
BERNIE MACI was a street performer for two years.
BERNIE MACIt’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
BERNIE MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
BERNIE MACWhen I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
BERNIE MACI don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
BERNIE MACBernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
BERNIE MAC