I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world..

I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody….

It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, 'Why am I so black?' And she sai….

I want to play a villain - I can't wait to play a villain..

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown..

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

Hugs aren't like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around..

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that..

That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail..

It's a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are..

Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop..

I was good at keeping my mother from crying..

I'm an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you're going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, p….

I was a street performer for two years..

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….

I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?.

My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense..

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

Black audiences are hard. They always think they're better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them..

You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man se….

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