Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACI want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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 was a street performer for two years.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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.
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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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The Bernie Mac Show’ is my life. It’s the truth, and I’m not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.
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