You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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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’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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They say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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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 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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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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Shut up before I drop yo ass off at Koreatown. Now hold on, America, don’t start writing no letters. I’m just kidding. But am I lying?
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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