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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product.
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I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.
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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.
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Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, Listen, you're not pregnant. I said, Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.
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All these teenagers tell us how much they want to grow up and then when they do they want to be young again.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.
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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'
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I was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.
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I'm always thinking of stuff I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
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