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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.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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If something stinks, I say it stinks. But I try to massage it a little and not be as cutting, come behind it with a joke: Hey, I cut you deep, but now let me put a couple of stitches in you.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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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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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.
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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 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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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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I'm a black, gay woman. I think the only way to make the GOP hate me more is if I sent them a video of me rolling around on a pile of welfare checks.
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There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.
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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 knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.
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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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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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