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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.

Bernie Mac

Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
BERNIE MAC

Romance Sex Strong Woman
Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
BERNIE MAC

Son Success Way Winning
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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Brother Girlfriend Happen Mother School
I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
BERNIE MAC

Clown Comedian Funny
You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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Body Doctors Knows
I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
BERNIE MAC

Insult Television Thinking
If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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Bigger Laughing Stories
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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Black Littles Satisfy Thinking
I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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Extraordinary Guy Jobs Ordinary
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.
BERNIE MAC

Comedy Introduces Myself People
I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
BERNIE MAC

Arms Break Needs
I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
BERNIE MAC

Anything Firsts Help Push Sports Taught
Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
BERNIE MAC

Always Comedy Like Success
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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Daughter Jobs Later Married Mother
Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
BERNIE MAC

Macs Sugarcoat
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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Entertainer Fall Hate Known Stars

I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.

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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.

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