Bernie Mac

“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.”

“My daughter was a beautiful child.”

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

“Bernie Mac is happy.”

“I'm a big fan of TV.”

“I think a lot of TV insults the audience.”

“Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.”

“Bernie Mac is relentless. That's one thing I like about him. He's not PC. He doesn't care what you think. He's going out there to please that audience.”

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

“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.”

“I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.”

“I can't build myself by beating somebody down.”

“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.”

“I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.”

“I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'”

“My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that - a stern enforcer.”

“I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.”