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If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
Wanda Sykes
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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
Film Actor
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Television Actor
Television Producer
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
Wanda Yvette Sykes-Hall
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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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Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'
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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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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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It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.
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How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?
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It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.
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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 think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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 don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.
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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.
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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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