Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
BERNIE MACI came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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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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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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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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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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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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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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