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“I really can't pinpoint the one moment when I said I want to be a comic.”
“In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.”
“I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.”
“I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun.”
“When I'm not on T.V. or working on a movie, I'm on the road doing stand-up. That's my roots.”
“Usually, there's nothing being thrown toward the stage or at me. Then I feel pretty good about it.”
“I don’t understand why people really get upset about something that doesn’t affect them at all.”
“It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.”
“And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.”
“I always want to go back and do stand-up; I like the freedom.”
“I think it's because my comedy is in your face, and it comes from a place that's real.”
“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.”
“Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker. I hope his kidneys fail.”
“Since when did I become the spokesperson for nappy-headed hos?”
“If you have a passion for it, then stop wishing and just do it.”