Comedian Quote by Margaret Cho Download Open image “Comedians and people in general have a cultural right to talk about their own culture and race.” — Margaret Cho ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Comedian Culture People Race Racism
We judge people based on their clothes, social class, and, dare I say, ethnicity. Our comedians make light of these stereotypes regularly, and we… — Lecrae Copy Share Image
A lot of times I go to a comedy show, I sit there and wait for the comedian to run out of ideas and… — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
There is a linear way in which black comedians are expected to talk about race by all audiences - black people are like this,… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
You don't get white comedians being asked to talk about their race in their shows. I should be given the same agency to talk… — Lolly Adefope Copy Share Image
People always say 'You do racial comedy.' And I don't, exactly. I do cultural comedy. Because race and culture are two different things. There's… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
When you are honest in your comedy, you have to acknowledge the world that you're in. Through a comedic voice you're talking about what… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
A bunch of comedians have gotten in 'trouble' for sharing their views. When an actor or an artist or might come out saying something… — Craig Robinson Copy Share Image
Race is still somewhat of a taboo in comedy. But if you're a minority, then you can make fun of your own minority. And… — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
One thing I found very interesting about comedians around the world was their knowledge of stuff outside of their own culture and comfort zone.… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
I talk about race and culture, and that's what my fans respond to. If you grew up in an environment where race and culture… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
There's truth in comedy, and that resonates with people of all races. — Jessica Williams Copy Share Image
Jokes are one of the things that bind the culture. If you can't have jokes about everybody in society and if one group is… — Mark Steyn 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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
Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone else's life forever. — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
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 Image
I would say most comedians have a very cynical worldview of the way the world can work. It's almost like if you didn't, you… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
I like to turn up my collar when I'm leaving the theatre and feel like I'm some heroic comedian figure. — Frank Skinner Copy Share Image
The only difference between a comedian and someone else? We need to make people laugh more. — Greg Davies Copy Share Image
When a soldier of the night's watch dies they say, "And now his watch is over." That's what they say when a comedian dies.… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary… — Pauly Shore Copy Share Image
If I had a choice, I would rather watch a comedian not involve themselves in politics at all but be hilarious than someone who… — Jon Richardson Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind gigging around the same era as Jesus, after he gives his speech about the meek and how blessed they are and… — Jim Jefferies Copy Share Image
If someone doesn't like a comedian that's fine; a lot of people probably don't like my standup, and that's fine. But I think that… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
It's very rare that an older comedian sort of slips into an old-school clunker. You know, you don't hear too much of that anymore. — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
I was a kid, and I would watch standup comics do the 'Tonight Show,' and if Johnny Carson liked you, he'd wave you over… — Jo Koy Copy Share Image
Gary Greenberg is a thoughtful comedian and a cranky philosopher and a humble pest of a reporter, equal parts Woody Allen, Kierkegaard, and Columbo.… — Gideon Lewis-Kraus Copy Share Image