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 said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
BERNIE MACI ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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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, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’m not a star, I hate that word, and I’m an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I’m an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.
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