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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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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
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Comedy
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Making
Become
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Thing

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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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When it comes to raising children, I believe in give and take. I give orders and they take 'em.
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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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Stand-up is what I am stand-up is what made me.
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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.
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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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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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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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I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.
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