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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.
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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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Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
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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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What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing 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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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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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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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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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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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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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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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's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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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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You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness.
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