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I've been in training for stardom.

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Bernie Mac
Age: 50 †
Born: 1957
Born: October 5
Died: 2008
Died: August 9
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Street Artist
Television Actor
Television Producer
Chicago
Illinois
Training
Stardom

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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 comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
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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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My humor had changed from foolishness to making sense.
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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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The success of my comedy has been not being afraid to touch on subject matters or issues that everyone else is politically scared of.
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The two sides of Bernie - that's a quiet weapon that I have.
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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.
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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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I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.
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I became the storyteller of South Side Chicago. I used an old Kiwi liquid shoe polish as a microphone. I'd go around the house interviewing everybody, telling stupid jokes, doing voices. I mimicked Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., people on 'Laugh-In,' Flip Wilson.
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I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.
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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
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I can act. I've been acting for a long time, but like anything else, don't nobody owe you nothing. You've go to pay your dues. You go from A to Z you don't go from M to Z.
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