Quotes by Bernie Mac

About Bernie Mac:

Bernard Jeffrey was an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice artist. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley in The Original Kings of Comedy.
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I love who I am. I love what I've become.

Bernie Mac

I was in love with a lot of people, because I was a student of the game of comedy - Carol Burnett, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Don Rickles, Red Foxx, Moms Mabley - who gets no credit, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, George Kirby. I loved them...

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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? 'Cause he had problems.

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I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.

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I 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...

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I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world.

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I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.

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I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

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I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.

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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn't changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.

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I'm so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.

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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.

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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for ...

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My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.

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When 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.

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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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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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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 think a lot of TV insults the audience.

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Author Bio

  • NameBernie Mac
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornOctober 5, 1957
  • DiedAugust 9, 2008
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Street Artist