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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.

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
Voice Actor
Writer
Portsmouth
Virginia
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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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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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I hate when women compare men to dogs. Men are not dogs. Dogs are loyal. I've never found any strange panties in my dog's house.
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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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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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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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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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Whatever I talk about is what I'm interested in at the time. Politics are big with me. But right now being a mom is taking up most of my time... My act is more family-oriented than it is about politics.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at the gate. And last time, it was so bad, they actually made me go through the machine with the luggage.
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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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I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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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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Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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