American - Actor | October 5, 1957 - August 9, 2008
I don't think the people wanna see me play Clyde Johnson the architect.
Bernie Mac
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? 'Cause he had problems.
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I've never been no superficial cat.
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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 girlfriend Rhonda, who's now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, 'You've got to do the right thing.'
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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 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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It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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