That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
BERNIE MACI came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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I’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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 seek and destroy.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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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 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.
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Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
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