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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
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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 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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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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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'm here today because I hated everything else.
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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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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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When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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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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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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