I’m so black, I leave fingerprints on coal.
BERNIE MACThey say if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothing, but the truth is you ain’t got nothing if you don’t have no one to worry about your health.
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My grandmother always told me how you start is how you finish.
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I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.
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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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Comedy has been so good to me.
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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 had to do clubs where street gangs were, had to do motorcycle gangs, gay balls and things of that nature.
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I’m an entertainer and I really enjoy entertaining. I think if you’re going to really be what you say you are, you have to really live it, work it, practice it, and think it.
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Black audiences are hard. They always think they’re better than you. So you got to come with a little extra to satisfy them.
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I don’t ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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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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That’s the whole key to anything: Don’t be afraid to fail. And is not afraid to fail.
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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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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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I know doing movies is where I need to be. That’s where my audience wants to see me.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can’t stand to see someone hurting.
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