I want to have fun. Life ain’t no dress rehearsal. I want to have fun. I’m a comedian; I ain’t no politician. So everything I do is with humor, with love.
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 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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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 can act. I’ve been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don’t nobody owe you nothing. You’ve go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z; you don’t go from M to Z.
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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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Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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