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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.

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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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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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I guess because of my act, people think that I say things they want to say, and that they can just come up and say anything to me.
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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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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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We got to stop doing that, ladies. You know, men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.
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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 hate when women compare men to dogs. Men are not dogs. Dogs are loyal. I've never found any strange panties in my dog's house.
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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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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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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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I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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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'm really funny now.
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Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.
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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'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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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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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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