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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.

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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There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.
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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 have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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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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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 like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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Being gay is harder than being black. I didn't have to come out black. I didn't have to tell my parents about what its like to be black.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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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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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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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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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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Men don't hear women.
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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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Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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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 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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You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.
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