Wanda Sykes Quotes
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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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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Actually, I majored in marketing and I have a bachelor of science.
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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 don't know if it's a woman's tone of voice or training. Maybe guys are like, When I go home, I have to hear it. Right now I'm at work.
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I was a Chinese chef at one of those fast-food places.
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I just did the voice of a skunk in Over The Hedge and a cow in Barnyard I'm worried. I'm starting to think maybe people would rather hear me than see me.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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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'm a big Cosby fan. I respect the man.
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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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I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.
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I love Costas. He's knows too much, but he's a good guy.
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I'm more political now, I guess.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
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Men don't hear women.
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Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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Don't get stuck, if you feel like there's something out there that your'e supposed to be doing, if you have a passion for it, then stop wishing, and just do it. The worst you could be is wrong.
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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. That bugs me. But I'd rather have people come up and want me to meet me than have them ignore me.
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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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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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Also, Def Jam came along, and everybody was doing it without really practicing or trying to be better comics, just trying to get on TV.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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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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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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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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Bush and Cheney have this whole thing where if you talk about America, if you talk about them, then you're anti-American.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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That word sassy - it haunts me. I keep getting the sassy thing.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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Yeah, I had top-secret clearance and everything.
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I noticed recently, in the last few shows I did, that I'm starting to get people - not a large group, but quite a few people - who come to see me because they love Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.
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The studio gives you a set of notes, and then the network gives you a set of notes. I don't see how anyone does it.
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But I'd rather have people come up and want to meet me than have them ignore me.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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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 I was still in government, I don't know where I'd be today. Maybe... president?
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