Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
BERNIE MACI’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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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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If 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.
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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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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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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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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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Comedy has been so good to me.
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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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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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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 don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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