I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
BERNIE MACI 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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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 love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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I was a street performer for two years.
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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 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 ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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