Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
BERNIE MAC
When 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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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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If I can tell someone a story that makes them bend over and laugh, that’s bigger than anything else.
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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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It took me a long time to get to where I’m at, in my career and as a man. I was going through my trials and tribulations in life, and it gave me the strength to tackle things that have come my way.
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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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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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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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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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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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