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 MACI 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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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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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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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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 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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Comedy has been so good to me.
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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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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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