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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

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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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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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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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Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.
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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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But I understand that relationship I understand how the mother-in-law, daughter-in-law relationship has so many conflicts because it's so forced.
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Once you start making money, you can be an ass. But I am not an ass. I'm too lazy, that takes a lot of energy.
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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 always thinking of stuff I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.
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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.
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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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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are.
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Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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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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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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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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