Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
As a comedian you are making yourself vulnerable in order to make others happy. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I can never tell when something is funny. I just have to do it onstage and find out. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
That's the nature of comedy. You always want to be improving and growing and changing with what's happening in the world. That's… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I'm a huge fan of the people and things that are considered the epitomes of tastelessness - things like drag and raunchy… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
You have to constantly recreate yourself in show business, which is a very fast thing, especially now with the tremendous speed of… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I do love the road, because for me, the road is very comfortable, and it's very much what I've always wanted to… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I'm angry… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I don't really know what 'selling out' is exactly. I would sell out if I could, but nobody's buying it. I would… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe.… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It's very hard for a woman in comedy. It's hard for women to be bold and not care what anyone, particularly men,… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
I'm very much a stand-up comedian in my heart. That's really what I do. Now I'm trying to incorporate all of the… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
The intention is to make people laugh, to make people happy. It's unselfish, it's in the service of others, and as a… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
People at shows have told me that they've shown my videos to their parents and families to help them come out of… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
I have 3 dogs myself - I actually have a kennel license in order to do so. I love them so much I couldn't… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
I think self-deprecation is such a disease, and I want to cure everybody of it and so that's my contribution. — Margaret Cho Copy Share
That we are selfish gives us the opportunity to gain the power so that, in time, we might be selfless. To give back what… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
Why can't all different types of women be considered beautiful? Why can't we can't we all be considered possible love interests? — Margaret Cho Copy Share
I think that failure is just as important as success. In a way, failure is a kind of success if you can look at… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
I could never make a joke about somebody unless I could say it to their face and they'd laugh. — Margaret Cho Copy Share
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. — Margaret Cho Copy Share
Something as important as marriage equality, which is now a constitutional right [in the USA], is something that cannot be denied. It's also very… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
It's not the best between my family and me. There are so many crimes left unpunished, debts unpaid, white elephants in the middle of… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
It's okay for you to have relationships, but it's not okay to talk about them. It's not okay to be out or to be… — Margaret Cho Copy Share
My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs. — Margaret Cho Copy Share
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