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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
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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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white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. the white guy is going to get a congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.
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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 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 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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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 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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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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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I'm really funny now.
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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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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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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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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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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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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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.
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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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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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