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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.

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
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Wanda Yvette Sykes
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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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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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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As soon as you say 'I do,' you'll discover that marriage is like a car. Both of you might be sitting in the front seat, but only one of you is driving. And most marriages are more like a motorcycle than a car. Somebody has to sit in the back, and you have to yell just to be heard.
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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'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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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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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.
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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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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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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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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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Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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