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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
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Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
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Portsmouth
Virginia
Wanda Sykes-Hall
Wanda Yvette Sykes
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Men don't hear women.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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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.
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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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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 like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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You know the economy is bad when illegals start complaining that Americans are taking their jobs.
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There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.
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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 always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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If you don't believe in same-sex marriage, then don't marry somebody of the same sex.
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But I think funny and talent will always win out I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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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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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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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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