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.
BERNIE MACI had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
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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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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I’d go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on ‘Laugh-In,’ Flip Wilson.
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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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When I go onstage, I want to relieve your mind, your pressures.
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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