Suffering Is A Good Teacher.

When I Hit My 20s, I Struggled To Make It. I Got Married At 19, And My Daughter, Je'niece, Was Born A Year Later. I Worked Blue Collar Jobs During The Day And Comedy Clubs At Night, And I Was Earning About $25 A Year Doing Stand-up.

My Comedy Comes From Pain. I Can't Stand To See Someone Hurting.

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.

Shut Up Before I Drop Yo Ass Off At Koreatown. Now Hold On, America, Don't Start Writing No Letters. I'm Just Kidding. But Am I Lying?

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.