I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
BERNIE MACI love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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 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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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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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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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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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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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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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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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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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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