American - Comedian | December 5, 1968 -
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.'
Margaret Cho
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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I grew up a witness to gay politics in its early days. I remember seeing Harvey Milk and been moved by him.
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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.
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My parents never really had that much money, so I kind of live in the same world that they do.
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I'm super-obsessed with 'Intervention.' I wrote a song about it.
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To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.
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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.
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In the early '90s, there was such a limited idea of what you could see on TV.
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