I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
BERNIE MACI 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.
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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 wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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 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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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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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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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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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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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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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 get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars – that’s heaven here on earth.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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