I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
BERNIE MACMy 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.’
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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I have so much respect for what’s funny.
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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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My daughter was a beautiful child.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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It’s a pleasure to work with someone who is just as strong as you are.
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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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You’re never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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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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Hugs aren’t like pieces of pie. Plenty of hugs to go around.
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I was born October 5, 1957, on the South Side of Chicago, in the Woodlawn area, a neighborhood that hasn’t changed much in forty-five years. Our house was on 66th and Blackstone, but the city tore it down when the rats took over.
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Why I was so intrigued with Red Skelton was because he was able to make you cry and laugh and the same time. That was power.
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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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Whatever you hear at the barber shop, stays at the barber shop.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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