I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
BERNIE MACYou have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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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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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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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.
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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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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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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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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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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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I’m not a star, I hate that word, and I’m an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I’m an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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