Bernie Mac Quotes
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I was good at keeping my mother from crying.
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I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.
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It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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I don't think the people wanna see me play Clyde Johnson the architect.
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I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.
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I 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.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.
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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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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 an hour.
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I love who I am. I love what I've become.
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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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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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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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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 came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.
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People like rumors. They're going to say things like, 'You was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.' You can't get upset. You've got to keep hope alive.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don't go from M to Z.
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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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We're so politically correct; we take things so seriously.