Bernie Mac

"There's no success story. Everybody's got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is."

"I want to have fun. Life ain't no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I'm a comedian; I ain't no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love."

"People like rumors. They're going to say things like, 'You was at the club with Lil' Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.' You can't get upset. You've got to keep hope alive."

"My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense."