But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

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

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

I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay.

I'm going to leave The Wanda Sykes Show and try to get her job because $5 million ain't too bad!

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.

white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get ten to fifteen years because he had a gun. the white guy is going to get a congressional hearing because he had a job and a nice suit.