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I've never been no superficial cat.
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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.
Bernie Mac
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Bernie Mac don't sugarcoat.
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I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.
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Like a lot of black people, I grew up straight po'. Wasn't no question about whether we was po', either. If you really wanted to know, all you had to do was look in our refrigerator.
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I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It's still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.
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Bernie Mac is happy.
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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 know, every time it comes, every time that light comes on or every time that camera comes on, every time that microphone comes on, the Mac Man seek and destroy.
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I want to speak directly to the audience, to say, 'I'm like you - I'm frustrated, I'm not an expert, I don't have a manual on parenting, I make mistakes, I'm selfish too.'
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Fear is not one of my attributes.
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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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Bernie Mac just says what you think but are afraid to say.
Bernie Mac -
I ain't running for office. I ain't running for nothing.
Bernie Mac