Stand-up is what I am; stand-up is what made me.
BERNIE MACWhen it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take ’em.
More Bernie Mac Quotes
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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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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Sometimes when you lose you win, son. Failure is just life’s way of preparing you for success.
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I’ve never been no superficial cat.
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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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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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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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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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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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I hate to compare anything, especially while I’m promoting. I feel that’s another disrespect, but ‘Ocean’s 13’ is the best movie I’ve ever done in my life. No question.
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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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I wasn’t disciplined at all. As good of an athlete as I was, I was not disciplined. Had I had the drive that I have in comedy, and acting, and writing, that’s why I knew it just wasn’t right for me.
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