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" 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. "

Wanda Sykes

Doing

You

Problems

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Wanda Sykes

Growing

Comedy

" People - I hate to use the word 'fans' - are very respectful. It's not like I'm some pop idol or big movie star. I'm very approachable, and I love the people who enjoy me, because they react like they've run into a friend. Usually, it's like, 'Hey, Wanda! How ya' doing?' "

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Wanda Sykes

Wife

Thought

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Wanda Sykes

Back

Comic

" I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up. "

" I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom. "

Wanda Sykes

Freedom

Want

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Wanda Sykes

Out

Tried

" 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. "

Wanda Sykes

Myself

Jokes

" 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. "

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