A Quote by Bernie Mac

I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown. — © Bernie Mac
I'm funny. I'm a comedian. I'm not a clown.

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In high school, I was the class comedian as opposed to the class clown. The difference is the class clown is the guy who drops his pants at the football game, the class comedian is the guy who talked him into it.
I have a funny sense of humor. If I was a comedian and I was up on stage, people would think that's funny, because I'm a funny comedian. I'm an entertainer.
I always was a funny guy, the class clown. I had a very funny dad and an extremely funny grandmother.
Now a 'funnyman' can get a laugh before opening his mouth - looking funny. Lou Costello was one of your great funnymen. Harry Langdon, Larry Semon; they were all funnymen - they looked funny. W.C. Fields was never a comedian. Slim Summerville was a comedian, yet looked funny. Now if you have both attributes, you are in good shape.
I'm naturally inclined to want to be funny and make people laugh, and that's what I want to do with my life. I also want to do it on an intelligent level. I want to kill the clown but I also want to preserve the comedian.
I've been seesawing between not doing too much racial stuff - because I'd rather be known as the funny comedian than the funny Chinese comedian - but at the same time embracing my voice and who I am and what makes me unique, you know, which is the racial background.
The thing is, I was never really a comedian - a comedian would scoff at the notion of me as a comedian because I've never done anything, really. I've always just been some guy who's funny.
You know, a comedian's comedian is just that - it's a guy who's original and funny and can make comics laugh.
Hey man! I'm a comedian but I'm not a clown.
When you do stuff as a comedian, Hollywood sees you as a comedian and so most of the calls I get are for a funny movie or something like that.
I'm not a comedian. I don't make things funny if they're not funny. I don't invent funny stuff.
When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown
When I'm with my friends I'm funny, but I don't feel like I'm a funny clown.
I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?
There's a difference between being a comic and a comedian. A comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian is a guy who says things funny, and he has a style and point of view that will last much longer.
I'm a clown. I'm a comedian. Comedy, by design, is a place to explore the subconscious.
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