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I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.

Bernie Mac

The Bernie Mac Show’ is my life. It’s the truth, and I’m not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.
BERNIE MAC

Hours Minutes
You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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Buffoons Going Playing
I was a street performer for two years.
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Performs Streets Two Years
Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
BERNIE MAC

Actors might Pain Producer
I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
BERNIE MAC

Gangs Motorcycycle Nature Things
I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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Become Create Love
I want to do something that people can really say, ‘Hey, man, that was good, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of that.’ ‘Pride’ and ‘Transformers’ and things like that.
BERNIE MAC

Good Men People Pride Something
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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Center Community Director Kids
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.
BERNIE MAC

Comedy Introduces Myself People
My girlfriend Rhonda, who’s now my wife, I graduated from high school, she got pregnant. My grandfather said, ‘You’ve got to do the right thing.’
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Girlfriend Right School Things Wife
I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
BERNIE MAC

Extraordinary Guy Jobs Ordinary
I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
BERNIE MAC

General Hate Mean Something Sports
It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, ‘Why am I so black?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
BERNIE MAC

Dark Hard Heart Mom Rough Work
I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
BERNIE MAC

Office Running
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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Audience Comedy Thing
That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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Afraid Anything Fail Failing Keys

I’m not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that’s what makes my comedy different.

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