Friday, March 23, 2007

Bernie Mac - "Pride" - interview

A standup guy: Bernie Mac chats with Beep about respect, responsibility

When Bernie Mac walks into a room, there is no posse, no bodyguards waiting outside. “They would get in my way,” he says.

Mac grew up in Inglewood on the south side of Chicago. And when you listen to him talk, he definitely hasn’t forgotten his upbringing. Or how to talk. But unlike some interviews, where I finish and have a pocketful of unasked questions, this wasn’t the case with Mac. I didn’t get to ask every question I wanted, but everything he said felt genuine, every tangent he took was worth hearing. It’s a rare trait, and perhaps one he learned from “Big Momma.”
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