As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
BERNIE MACMy grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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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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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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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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 don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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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 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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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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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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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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