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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.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
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Voice Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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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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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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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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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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I'm really funny 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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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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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.
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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.
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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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I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage.
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