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I'm here today because I hated everything else.

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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Comedy
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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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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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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman. And I'm proud to be gay.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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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 watch Jay. I watch 'Letterman'. I flip back and forth between 'Conan' and 'Letterman', especially the top of the show for those guys.
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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