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With a black president, I can relax... I can dance in public... I can buy a whole watermelon now.
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
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
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Relax
Dance
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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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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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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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Men don't hear women.
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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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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 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.
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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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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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Mostly everything gets worse before it gets better.
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I always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.
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