Wanda Sykes People Quotations

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.

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.

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

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

Seriously, I don't need a gun. I'm easily annoyed. I would shoot people in my house that I invited over.

How can you stop people from loving each other? How can you get upset about loving?

Now, I think the people who are still doing stand-up are doing it because they love stand-up.

Some black people want to get in touch with their African roots. But then you got some black people that just don't give a damn. You tell them, 'Hey, I just got back from the motherland.' "They're like, 'Where'd you go - Detroit? Did you see The Temptations?'

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

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.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

We have to get out there and touch the people and let them know that you are thinking about them and to try and lift their spirits and get awareness out there to the rest of the country.

Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.

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.

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

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.