I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
BERNIE MACI had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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I’m not a star, I hate that word, and I’m an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I’m an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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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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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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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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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you’ve learned your lesson.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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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.
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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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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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People like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
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