Latest Wanda Sykes Quotes from Interviews

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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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Political, Opinion, Shut Up

  Source: www.elle.com

• I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're kind of asking for it.

  Wanda Sykes

  Writing, Dumb, Asking

  Source: www.elle.com

• 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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Successful, Tv Shows, People

  Source: www.elle.com

• Whether you have a show or not, you can still be somewhere being funny.

  Wanda Sykes

  Shows, Stills, Being Funny

  Source: www.elle.com

• There's times when I'm really shy, so these roles that I get to play, they're how I would love to really be. And that's why I love doing stand-up, because it gives me the freedom to say what I really want to say. I think that's why it's my favorite thing to do.

  Wanda Sykes

  Thinking, Play, Giving

  Source: www.avclub.com

• Writers get to stay with the piece. They don't just turn the script in and somebody else takes it over and goes out and produces it and edits it and all that stuff. We stay with the piece all the way through.

  Wanda Sykes

  Pieces, Stuff, Way

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I have a well-balanced show. It's 50/50 on men/women, and also African-American/white writers, it's the same thing. I have four African-American writers, and four non-African-American writers.

  Wanda Sykes

  Men, White, African American

  Source: www.avclub.com

• You know what, I think maybe it's because men like to fart, and the host wants to be able to sit in his writers' room and just pass gas freely. Me, I'm a lady. I'm dainty. I know to get up and leave the room and go to my office.

  Wanda Sykes

  Men, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Couple, Scary, Secret

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

• There are just so many more laws and rules that apply with marriage that do not come with domestic partnership and also to me it's the commitment.

  Wanda Sykes

  Commitment, Law, Partnership

• I always had one goal, and that was to be a real funny stand-up comic, and that's pretty much what I'm doing. And everything else is kind of like gravy - TV, movies.

  Wanda Sykes

  Real, Goal, Tvs

  "For Wanda Sykes, 'Funny Always Wins'". Interview with Abdul Ali, www.theroot.com. April 13, 2012.

• Whatever I talk about is what I'm interested in at the time. Politics are big with me. But right now being a mom is taking up most of my time... My act is more family-oriented than it is about politics.

  Wanda Sykes

  Mom, Bigs, Family Oriented

  "For Wanda Sykes, 'Funny Always Wins'". Interview with Abdul Ali, www.theroot.com. April 13, 2012.

• I'm a comedian so I'm not waiting around for someone to write a part for me. I don't have to wait for somebody else to create my next job; I have the ability to basically write my own ticket.

  Wanda Sykes

  Jobs, Writing, Waiting Around

• 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.

  Wanda Sykes

  Tv Shows, Actors, Littles

• I think the most difficult thing about coming out is just getting to that place where you're comfortable with who you are and you're sayin' hey this is ok and just accepting yourself and not caring what other people think. Because if you don't have that confidence in who you are then, if things don't go the way you wish that they will, you know if people aren't accepting then they can easily tear you down if you're not prepared and comfortable with who you are.

  Wanda Sykes

  Caring, Thinking, People

• As a comedian I don't think they look at me as a sexual person but I can see where with actors it would be a little difficult for them because its part of their mystique, it gives them an easier time to change characters and people aren't going oh we have a gay actor, their gay so I don't know if I'm gunna buy this guy with this girl, its weird, I don't think it's fair; it's only done with us, it seems, like they just accept everyone as straight and go along with it and then its oh their gay and make a big deal out of it.

  Wanda Sykes

  Girl, Character, Gay