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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
Stardom
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I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.
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When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters on the grill, get the ice-cold beer and the cigars - that's heaven here on earth.
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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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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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You have to meet all of the challenges, big and small. Because how you start is how you finish.
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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 love who I am. I love what I've become.
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My comedy comes from pain. I can't stand to see someone hurting.
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Making people laugh is what I've been doing since I was like four or five years old. I still have a lust, I still have a passion. I don't care about how I look, I'm dedicated to the laughs.
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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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I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.
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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 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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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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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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Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.
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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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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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Suffering is a good teacher. It keeps you in its grip until you've learned your lesson.
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