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 MACMy daughter was a beautiful child.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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You know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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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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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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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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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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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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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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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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