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Wanda Sykes
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Comedian
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Portsmouth
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Men don't hear women.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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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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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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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 always want to go back and do stand-up I like the freedom.
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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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I had top-secret clearance and everything. I was working on a couple of projects that would keep me involved in Desert Storm. I was in the mix, which is scary.
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Women and our right to choose were going to be challenged with Ashcroft around. When Bush appointed Ashcroft, I went out and got me four abortions. I stocked up. The doctor was like, Listen, you're not pregnant. I said, Hey, just shut up and do your job. I'm exercising my right while I can, dammit.
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Good comics stick around. There are people who have TV shows that might be successful, but comics can't really fake it. If you say, 'Hey, I love what you guys are doing - you're funny,' then you're in. It's legit.
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I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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If you feel like there's something out there that you're supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.
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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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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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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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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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Ok so there's no TV shows, no movies going on fine, but I love going on stage and performing stand up so my situation is a little better than someone who's strictly just an actor or actress.
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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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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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