Wanda sykes

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

Men are dogs. Men are dogs. We got to stop it. Men are not dogs. Uh-uh. Dogs are loyal.

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

I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.

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 -...

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

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

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.

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.

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