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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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I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.
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Should I talk about [having breast cancer]? Because how many things could I have? You know black, lesbian - I'm like, I can't be the poster child for everything. At least with the LGBT issues we get a parade and a float and it's a party.
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I hope his kidneys fail, how about that? He needs a waterboarding, that's what he needs.
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Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, Listen, you're not pregnant. I said, Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.
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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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When life gives you lemons don't make lemonade, make pink lemonade. Be unique.
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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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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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I felt like I was being attacked, personally attacked - our community was attacked. Now, I gotta get in their face. 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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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.
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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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People say, 'Well don't you regret not having kids?' And I go, 'No, not really.' And then if they keep asking, I always say this, 'Well, you know, maybe I'll adopt.' But I don't mean that. It's just something I say to make me sound like a nicer person.
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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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