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" I had real big boobs, and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat, 'Oh, Lord'. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go. My back was sore, so it was time to have a reduction. "

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" I love working with other actors and other people - you know, stand-up - it's lonely; it's just you out there and the audience. But it's fun working with other actors. I love doing that, too. "

Wanda Sykes

People

Fun

Know

" I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project. "

" I'm really funny now. "

" I worked with people like Edward Snowden. Well, not people who took stuff home. "

" 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. "

" It's not until you develop your own voice, your own persona onstage that you become your own comic, who you really are. "

" My worlds collide. When one things happens, it just starts a domino effect - everything else goes on. "

" I knew I was outspoken when I was a kid because, whenever my parents had company coming over, they would pay me to leave. 'Go see your grandmother. Get out of here.' That was my first paying gig. "

Wanda Sykes

Company

Parents

" 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. "

" Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal. "

" People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny. "

" What drives the creative person is that we see it all. "

" The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.' "

Wanda Sykes

First Time

Light

" I couldn't believe that Donald Trump won. I couldn't believe that we elected an orangutan to front the country. "

" I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend. "

" I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone. "

" But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking. "

" It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians. "

" I'm a huge Sia fan. I love Sia, I have just about all of her stuff. "

" That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss. "

" I have problems with YouTube and things like that, when you catch it mid production. If I'm doing a show and I'm working on a bit and someone's there with a phone, they record it and put it online - it's not the finished product. "

" If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too. "

" I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place. "

" I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business. "

" My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do. "

Wanda Sykes

Wife

Thought

" I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all. "

" There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up. "

" I watched a lot of comedy growing up. "

Wanda Sykes

Growing

Comedy

" It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh. "

" People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not! "

Wanda Sykes

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