I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
BERNIE MACI became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
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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’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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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’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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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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