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.
BERNIE MACI 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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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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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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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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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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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