Quotes from Bernie Mac

When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.

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

When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.

My landlord comes by. Tries to be nice. He tells me, "Bernard, I like you, but the rent's way overdue, and I've got people lining up around the block for this apartment." "Lining up around the block?" I ask that sumbitch. "Who wants to live in this crack house?" And he says, "You livin' here, ain't you?"

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

I ain't scared of you motherfuckers!

Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.

When you see people in terms of race or religion, that's when the trouble starts. I don't understand why people work so hard at pointing out our differences; we should be celebrating the things we have in common.

Jealousy and envy are just like anger," she said. "The most hurt you're doing is to yourself.

I don't need a church. I carry my church with me at all times, inside my own self.

I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

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.

I've been in training for stardom.

I don't care about how I look; I'm dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so - my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn't care about being cool.

The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.

They say if you don't have your health you ain't got nothing, but the truth is you ain't got nothing if you don't have no one to worry about your health.

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

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.

Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.

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

I was good at keeping my mother from crying.

Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.