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.
BERNIE MACMy humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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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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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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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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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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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 took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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