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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More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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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 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 was a street performer for two years.
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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
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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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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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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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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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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.
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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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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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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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