I don’t need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don’t need any of that.
BERNIE MACWhen I hit my 20s, I struggled to make it. I got married at 19, and my daughter, Je’Niece, was born a year later. I worked blue collar jobs during the day and comedy clubs at night, and I was earning about $25 a year doing stand-up.
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I’ve been in training for stardom.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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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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I was a street performer for two years.
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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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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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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’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.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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