Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
BERNIE MACI can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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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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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Making people laugh is what I’ve been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don’t care about how I look, I’m dedicated to the laughs.
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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 want people to say at the end of my day, you know, like I used to say about Sidney Poitier and James Cagney and Joan Crawford and Red Skelton and those guys and Bill Cosby. They did quality and substance. You always remember them.
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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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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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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’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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