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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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.

Bernie Mac

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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.

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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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Made
Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.

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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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Son Way Winning
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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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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Acting All Anything Long
When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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Footprint Judging
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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Laughing Names
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.

BERNIE MAC

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.
BERNIE MAC

Acting
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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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.
BERNIE MAC

Introduces
I’ve been in training for stardom.

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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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Stardom
When I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
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Daughter Jobs Later Married
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.

BERNIE MAC

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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General Mean Something
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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Anything Firsts Push Taught
I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.

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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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Comedian
Comedy has been so good to me.
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One
I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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Mush
Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.

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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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Actors might Producer
I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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Been No Superficial

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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