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 MACIf I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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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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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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 ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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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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