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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.

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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
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Freedom

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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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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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I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. But he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight. Rush Limbaugh, 'I hope the country fails' - I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? ... He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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All these teenagers tell us how much they want to grow up and then when they do they want to be young again.
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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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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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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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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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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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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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 finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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 like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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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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