American - Actor | October 5, 1957 - August 9, 2008
I don't have no story. Everybody wants this Hollywood story, but the world don't owe you nothing, man. It's what you owe the world.
Bernie Mac
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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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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.
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My name is Bernard Jeffrey McCullough, but people know me as Bernie Mac. My mama, God rest her soul - she used to call me Beanie. Used to say, 'Don't you worry about Beanie. Beanie gonna be just fine. Beanie gonna surprise everyone.'
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I'm a big fan of TV.
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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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You're never going to see me playing a buffoon.
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I think a lot of TV insults the audience.
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I was a street performer for two years.
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Comedy has been so good to me.
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I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.
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That's the whole key to anything: Don't be afraid to fail. And Bernie Mac is not afraid to fail.
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