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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Portsmouth
Virginia
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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's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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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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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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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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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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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 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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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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I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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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 was really gifted at being able to construct a joke, but it's like they weren't even memorable, my first jokes, because they were so about nothing.
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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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You can't make a woman happy. That's like trying to cure a fatal disease. The goal is to treat the symptoms so you can comfortably live with the illness.
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Lot Of Strip Clubs in Florida... Good grief... Florida has so many strip clubs, they need to change their state flag to a brass pole.
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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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To me, political office should be like jury duty. You should just get a notice in the mail one day and say, 'Aw, sh - , I'm secretary of state next month.
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