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.
BERNIE MACThe 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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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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My girlfriend Rhonda, who’s now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, ‘You’ve got to do the right thing.’
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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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 don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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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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