Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
BERNIE MACWhen it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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I want to do something that people can really say, ‘Hey, man, that was good, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of that.’ ‘Pride’ and ‘Transformers’ and things like that.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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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’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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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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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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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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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