I came from a place where there wasn’t a lot of joy.
BERNIE MACI’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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You know you poor when you eatin’ breakfast food late. You fryin’ toast? At nine o’clock at night? With bacon? You’re broke.
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I’m an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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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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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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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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If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don’t be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.
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I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
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I get facials. I get a manicure and pedicure every week. I get my hair cut, and I oil myself down from head to toe. I got that from my brother. I was so impressed with how high maintenance he was. When he left the room, you could still smell him for an hour.
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People like rumors. They’re going to say things like, ‘You was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight.’ You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.
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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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It was rough being dark. I got heat from my own people more than anyone else. I remember going to my mom and saying, ‘Why am I so black?’ And she said, ‘Because I’m black. You just gotta always work harder than the average bear.’
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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Why do people love Richard Pryor so much? ‘Cause he had problems.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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The Bernie Mac Show’ is my life. It’s the truth, and I’m not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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I’m funny. I’m a comedian. I’m not a clown.
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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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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
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I’m not a politician, I’m a comedian. I know my limitations.
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I always wanted to scuba dive. I used to scuba dive undercover like black Aquaman.
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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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