Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
BERNIE MACI 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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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I’ve introduced myself with comedy, and once you’ve introduced yourself as something, that’s where people keep you. That’s where people like to hold you.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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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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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, ‘I’m like you – I’m frustrated, I’m not an expert, I don’t have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I’m selfish too.’
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Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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