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.
BERNIE MACThe 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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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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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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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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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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 can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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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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