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.
BERNIE MACHugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
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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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Making people laugh is what I’ve been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don’t care about how I look, I’m dedicated to the laughs.
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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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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 have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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I love my daughter, but there’s a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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I 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.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Okay, first rule of this carpool. No breaking wind in my car. The only gas that Bernie Mac want to be smelling is unleaded.
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