Bernie Mac
Bernie Mac
Bernard Jeffrey "Bernie" McCulloughbetter known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American stand-up comedian, actor and voice artist. Born and raised on Chicago's south side, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer, and D. L. Hughley in The Original Kings of Comedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth5 October 1957
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I've never been no superficial cat.
I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.
I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
I love who I am. I love what I've become.
I know doing movies is where I need to be. That's where my audience wants to see me.
Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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'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.
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.
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.
You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.
You can't be a doctor if you don't know the entire parts of the body.
When you're offstage, that's the footprint. That's the man God's gonna judge.