You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
BERNIE MACI can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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.
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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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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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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.’
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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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Making people laugh is what I’ve been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don’t care about how I look, I’m dedicated to the laughs.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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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 life. No question.
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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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