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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
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Wanda Yvette Sykes
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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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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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 don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.
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I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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