Wanda Sykes Quotes
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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 had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it's scary.
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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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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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Back then, I was doing more of my impression of what a comic is supposed to do.
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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 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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Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire.
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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 have a very diverse crowd from old, young, black, white, straight, gay. It's a little bit of everybody.
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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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A woman would pitch a joke. Nothing. Then a guy would pitch it and everybody would laugh.
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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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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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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 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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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I'm really funny now.
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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.