I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
BERNIE MACYou can’t be a doctor if you don’t know the entire parts of the body.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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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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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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I don’t care about how I look; I’m dedicated to the laughs. You know, I used to be a clown, so – my name was Smoothie the Clown. All the training I had, all my training is geared toward making people laugh, and I didn’t care about being cool.
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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 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’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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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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My family are police officers, detectives. My brother Mitch is FBI. Mitch is like that – a stern enforcer.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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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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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.
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Jerry Weintraub, the producer, might be a pain in the ass, but he really knows how to treat his actors.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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I love who I am. I love what I’ve become.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars – that’s heaven here on earth.
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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father – who I had only recently met – died.
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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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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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