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.
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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When you’re offstage, that’s the footprint. That’s the man God’s gonna judge.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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I want to play a villain – I can’t wait to play a villain.
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Every time you see a black romance it’s over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
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I’m not afraid to fail. Sometimes when you lose, you win. Sometimes when you win, you lose.
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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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I hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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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 have so much respect for what’s funny.
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I can’t build myself by beating somebody down.
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You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.
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