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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.

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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
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.
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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.
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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.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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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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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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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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I don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.
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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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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!
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I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.
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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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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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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big, toothy grin. It's the Sambo of all other offensive mascots. I have never seen a Native American smile that hard before, not even at a casino opening.
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