I was a street performer for two years.
BERNIE MACI 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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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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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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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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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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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You can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
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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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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 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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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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