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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.

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
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
Comedy
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.
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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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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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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
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Whatever I talk about is what I'm interested in at the time. Politics are big with me. But right now being a mom is taking up most of my time... My act is more family-oriented than it is about politics.
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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 don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.
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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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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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I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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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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We never hid anything from the kids. I feel whole again, I really do. I've told them, 'Mommy's boo-boo is much better now.'
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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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I feel today's society is so judgmental.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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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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