If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
BERNIE MACThe success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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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 was a street performer for two years.
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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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I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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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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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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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 love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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