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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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Portsmouth
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L.A. is nothing but a bunch of driving, and I hate all that damn driving 'cause it interferes with my drinking.
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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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When I am outside at night by myself every person turns into a pedophile. So I tend to walk a little faster than usual and then I sprint.
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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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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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What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.
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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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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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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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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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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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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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