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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
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Writer
Portsmouth
Virginia
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Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.
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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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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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Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.
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white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. the white guy is going to get a congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.
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Lot Of Strip Clubs in Florida... Good grief... Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.
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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.
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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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Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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I'm really funny now.
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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.
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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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