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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.

Wanda Sykes

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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
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
Black
Gay
Proud
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You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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When my wife and I leave California, I want to have my marriage recognized in Nevada, Arizona, all the way to New York. How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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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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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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When my parents send me emails the first 3 are blank.
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I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.
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