Wanda Sykes

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

— Wanda Sykes

#around #involved #makes #passionate #people

In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#brown #i #impression #james #james brown

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

— Wanda Sykes

#comedians #comedy #first #good #got

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

#behind #confident #first #forward #i

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

— Wanda Sykes

#laugh #making #rip #shreds #somebody

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

— Wanda Sykes

#get #government #hard #kill #like

Men don't hear women. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#men #women

Some government workers are dedicated and work hard, but most of them are just waiting to retire. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#government #government workers #hard #just #most

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

— Wanda Sykes

#deal #get #had #into #just

Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it. ↗

— Wanda Sykes

#being #feel #good #i #i feel