Wanda Sykes Quotes
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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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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To me, in life, if there's, like, a rule, and I think it's ridiculous, then of course I'll circumvent that but also point out how ridiculous the rule is. Other than that, if I go to a concert, and my seat is Row G, Seat 12, I'm sitting in Row G, Seat 12. I don't care if I'm with five other friends, I'm supposed to be in Seat 12, that's my seat.
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I had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it's scary.
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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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Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.
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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 couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country.
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It wasn't until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.
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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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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I have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody.
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In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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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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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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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.
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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.
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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'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I'm constantly preparing. Material hits me; I'm always writing. I go back and listen to my shows and just prepare and put my set together. But the day of, I like to have some downtime. A nice lunch is important for me.
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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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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.