I had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
BERNIE MACI’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.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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The one thing about comedy, making it become a part of you, the audience loves it, because you become part of them.
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My 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.’
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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You can’t change what happened. Just like you can’t change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.
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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I took my sports experience to my life on stage. That’s why I’m so disciplined. Playing sports, I was always underestimated. I was never picked first to do anything. This always helped me. It taught me how to push myself.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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The two sides of Bernie – that’s a quiet weapon that I have.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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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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As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets – but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.
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