The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
BERNIE MACMy family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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 always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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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 don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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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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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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I’m very much disciplined because I’m more mature. When I was young I just wanted to live, I could jump, I could run, I was quick and I was relentless.
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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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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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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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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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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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