It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, ‘Why am I so black?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
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I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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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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Comedy has been so good to 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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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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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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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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