One place that I really feel comfortable is being a comedienne. I'm very socially inept. There's so many things that I can not do in life, and this is, like, the one thing that I have mastery over. It's my world. And anybody who's coming to the show, it's like they're coming because they know that this is my world.
— Margaret Cho
The best tattooists are in San Francisco, and they're kind of like my family now. I'm always excited to come back to San Francisco.
For women in my family, in Korean culture, women are really valued in their youth, and then when they get older, it's like they almost become irrelevant.
My parents never really had that much money, so I kind of live in the same world that they do.
I'm not a mom, but I think the word 'mother' is about wisdom.
My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle with coming out, only to find much more success after they finally did.
I was raised to be self-conscious about weight. Then as I got older and started doing television, it became a career issue, like, 'You have to lose weight or you'll lose that job.'
I always felt like an outsider growing up. In school, I felt like I never fit in. But it didn't help when my mother, instead of buying me glue for school projects, would tell me to just use rice.
Korean children get a lot of fuss made over them, I guess because life was tough in the old country, and it was a big deal if you survived. There's a big party thrown when you are 100 days old, followed by another when you make it to one whole year.
I have permanent damage to my body because I wanted to be thin.
Interventions are really emotionally exhausting and I would never ever want to have one. In the same way, I would never want to have a surprise birthday party. That would be horrible.
Sometimes the only way to deal with horrific things in life is through a dark sense of humor.
My life is anything but typical.
I think it is really sad that when people lose their homes they kind of lose their minds too.
I have 3 dogs myself - I actually have a kennel license in order to do so. I love them so much I couldn't imagine my life without them.
I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president.
Since I became a dancer, I have felt much better about myself.
I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'
Tattooing is my social life, too, so most of my time is taken up with that. People like Henry Lewis, Mike Davis at Everlasting Tattoo.
To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.
I don't really know what 'selling out' is exactly. I would sell out if I could, but nobody's buying it. I would love to go mainstream, but my comedy is too edgy. It's always too dirty. It's always too filthy. I'm dying to sell out. But I love doing comedy, I love touring, and I think I would do everything for free.
The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.
I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.
I'm always surprised when I get recognized.
When it comes to children, my mom doesn't believe in borders. She loves all children, and that's a good example of mothering the world. I need to do that, but before I can, I need to get over my fear of kids in the first place.
I don't have children, and I am not sure if I have wanted them or never wanted them. It's weird not to be able to decide.
I mean, what's great about touring is that's what you do. You're in a constant state of motion and then you stop to do a show and you move onto the next city. All you have to do is do the show. That's the only responsibility that you have.
I am star-struck but also I've known a lot of people for a long time. Like I'm super star-struck by Grant Lee Phillips and Jon Brion but I've known them for 17 years. So it's kinda like weird to be star-struck still, but I still am!
It's important to feel beautiful; it's political to feel beautiful.
I am a big 'Ellen' fan. I have been one for quite a long time now. I used to do the local news talk shows with her in San Francisco, when we were both still kids.
The newest victims of the nation's foreclosure crisis are pets, which is extremely distressing to me.
You don't become a Republican until you lose all your baby teeth and fall down a lot and get the croup and then become angry and bitter.
Babies got it going on!
I think that all bodies are beautiful in millions of different ways but I get down on myself too!
I do love the road, because for me, the road is very comfortable, and it's very much what I've always wanted to do. It's one of the most appealing things about comedy for me, so I do really have an affection for it.
In the early '90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.
I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it.
I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.
If public figures came out of the closet, then the LGBT kids who saw them on TV would feel safe before they even knew why they felt dangerous. Maybe if enough people came out of the closet, gay kids would never feel dangerous. Maybe we could have a world where we could all just live. We may not all agree, but why can't we just all live?
I am in love with Counting Crows. It is so manly and American.
In America, I'm a foreigner because of my Korean heritage. In Asia, because I was born in America, I'm a foreigner. I'm always a foreigner.
My mother goes crazy over babies. Some people just do. They love 'em! I never have. Babies scare me more than anything. They're tiny and fragile and impressionable - and someone else's! As much as I hate borrowing stuff, that is how much I hate holding other people's babies. It's too much responsibility.
I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity.
I'm lucky that I have good genetics. Like you said, it just gets better as I get older.
It's good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you.
My parents are very funny when they have to deal with anything racy or off-color. They usually pretend they don't speak English.
The power of visibility can never be underestimated.
I love animals.
Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!
I think the best way to get over your body issues is to just flaunt your body at every opportunity.
