My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
BERNIE MACThe success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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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 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 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 not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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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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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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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 was a street performer for two years.
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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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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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