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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.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Extraordinary Fall Guy Job Ordinary Star Stars Want

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There's no success story. Everybody's got a ghetto story. You always want to make it bigger than what it is.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Always Bigger Everybody Ghetto Got Make Story Success Success Story Than Want You

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I love my daughter, but there's a certain feeling, a certain emotion when you got a granddaughter, you know?

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Certain Daughter Emotion Feeling Got Granddaughter Know Love You I Love

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Only way you can you get upset is when you expecting something.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Expecting Get Only Something Upset Way You

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I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Clown Comedian Funny

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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.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Afraid Been Being Being Afraid Comedy Else Everyone Everyone Else Issues Matters Politically Scared Subject Success Touch

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I'm looking for laughs, you know? If it take me to flip over a table, if I have to go physical comedy, I will do it. But whatever the joke needs at that particular time, is where I'm dedicated to. I'm not into beating somebody down and beating myself up. I don't do insults and things like that. I don't do it - I'm a storyteller.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Beating Comedy Dedicated Down Flip Go Insults Joke Know Laughs Like Looking Me Myself Needs Over Particular Physical Physical Comedy Somebody Storyteller Table Take Things Time Up Whatever Where Will You

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As I got older, I got into all kinds of things in the streets - but for some reason, I never got caught up with the gangs growing up. Everybody dug me, man. I never had problems.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Caught Dug Everybody Gangs Got Growing Growing Up Had Kinds Man Me Never Older Problems Reason Some Streets Things Up

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I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

~Bernie Mac

Topics: Beating Build Down Myself Somebody

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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

Topics: Around Became Chicago Davis Doing Everybody Flip Go House Interviewing Jokes Liquid Microphone Old People Polish Shoe Side South Storyteller Stupid Telling Used Voices Wilson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 5th, 1958

Died: August 9th, 2008

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