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 MACWhy do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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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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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 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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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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 hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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