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Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.

Wanda Sykes

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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Portsmouth
Virginia
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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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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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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But I understand that relationship I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.
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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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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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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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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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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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My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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