My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I’ve always been a reserved cat. When I play sports, there’s people used to get mad at me because I didn’t hang out and things like that. I’ve never been that kind of person. Nothing has changed in that regard. I’ve never been posse, and all that. I’m a quiet storm.
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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’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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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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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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Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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Whatever success I’ve had, I always like to top it.
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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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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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America…Do not touch my TV, my DVD, my stereo, my dual-deck VCR. Do not touch my old school, my new school, my slow jams, my party jams, my happy rap, and you better not touch…My James Brown.
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I ain’t running for office. I ain’t running for nothing.
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Bernie Mac don’t sugarcoat.
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