Wanda Sykes Quotes
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Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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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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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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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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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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My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it.
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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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In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.
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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'm really funny now.
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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 have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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I watched a lot of comedy growing up.
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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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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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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 really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.
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What drives the creative person is that we see it all.
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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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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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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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My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on.