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.
BERNIE MACMy grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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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 think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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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 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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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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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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