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

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Actor He His How Jerry Knows Might Pain Producer Really Treat

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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Beer Boat Chance Earth Get Go Golf Good Good People Grill Heaven Here Lobster Out People Play Play Golf Put Some Take

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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.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Always Between Black Cheat Every Every Time Extreme He Him Hostility How Independently Just Over-The-Top Romance See Sexes She Show Strong Time Woman You

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When I started in the clubs, I had to work places where didn't nobody else want to work. I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Balls Clubs Else Gangs Gay Had Motorcycle Nature Nobody Nobody Else Places Started Street Things Want Were Where Work

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

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Comedy Hurting Pain See Someone Stand

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Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Mac

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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 all, and I used to just take a page out of all of them.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Because Benny Bill Bill Cosby Burnett Carol Carol Burnett Comedy Cosby Credit Game George Gets Gleason Jack Jackie Just Lot Love Loved Moms Out Page People Pryor Red Richard Richard Pryor Student Take Them Used Who

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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.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Comedy Hold Introduced Keep Like Myself Once People Something Where You Yourself

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I want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: About Always Bill Bill Cosby Cosby Day Did End Guys James Joan Know Like People Quality Red Remember Say Substance Them Those Used Want You

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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.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Good Hey Like Man People Pride Proud Really Say Something Things Transformers Want You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 5th, 1958

Died: August 9th, 2008

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