Margaret Cho Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• Comedy was the key to everything. I grew up fast and controlled my future by bringing it on faster than it naturally unfolded. I cheated myself out of a childhood but then got a running headstart into adulthood that no one else could keep up with.

  Margaret Cho

  Running, Keys, Childhood

  "It Gets Better: How I Overcame Childhood Bullying" by Margaret Cho, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2012.

• You have to constantly recreate yourself in show business, which is a very fast thing, especially now with the tremendous speed of social media. There are so many personalities, so many different kinds of comedy that you can access, so it’s definitely important to stake your claim and say who you are.

  Margaret Cho

  Media, Personality, Important

  "'I Want to Talk About How We Can Use Our Anger to Heal': Badass Comic Margaret Cho Dishes". Interview with Paula Young Lee, www.alternet.org. September 30, 2015.

• I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form. Anger and comedy are really connected. If I'm angry about something I will try to think about something funny about it to lighten the load of the anger and cope with the anger.

  Margaret Cho

  Art, Thinking, Trying

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• 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 when comedy is most effective.

  Margaret Cho

  World, Growing, Want

  "'I Want to Talk About How We Can Use Our Anger to Heal': Badass Comic Margaret Cho Dishes". Interview with Paula Young Lee, www.alternet.org. September 30, 2015.

• Comedy is quite a difficult place for queers and for women.

  Margaret Cho

  Comedy, Difficult

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it, and how to solve it without making people really angry.

  Margaret Cho

  Country, Usa, People

  "Margaret Cho: No one is more sensitive about p.c. culture than white people". Interview with Paula Young Lee, www.salon.com. October 3, 2015.

• When I was 14, I told my mother I was going to drop out of high school and go do stand-up comedy. All she said was 'Oh maybe it's better if you just die,' because it was killing her that I was doing this.

  Margaret Cho

  Mother, School, Comedy

• 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.

  Margaret Cho

  Dirty, Thinking, Dying

• I'm a huge fan of the people and things that are considered the epitomes of tastelessness - things like drag and raunchy comedy.

  Margaret Cho

  People, Fans, Comedy

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe. But it's a very juvenile approach. It also became a weird signal for comedy, in the sense that when you heard the song, it meant comedy was happening on screen. I feel like this song was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio.

  Margaret Cho

  Song, Couple, Doe

  "Margaret Cho on why Yello's "Oh Yeah" reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

• 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!'

  Margaret Cho

  Teacher, Art, School

• Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle totalitarianism.

  Margaret Cho

  Battle, Weapons, Comedy

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• My family has been deeply affected by the split of Korea, which divided it in half, basically, before I was born. There's no way to connect with my family now who are in North Korea because it's so isolated. We don't even know who is still there and who is alive, and if they are, what they are doing. Comedy is the only weapon I have to battle this totalitarianism.

  Margaret Cho

  Korea, Battle, Half

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• 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.

  Margaret Cho

  Comedy, Affection, Wanted

• Homophobia is a tough one. In some places it's actually very OK to be homophobic. Comedy clubs in general are very unsafe spaces for LGBT, for women, for Asian people. So my goal in comedy has sort of been to make this a safe space for people who were like me.

  Margaret Cho

  Space, People, Goal

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• Comedy is a noble art.

  Margaret Cho

  Art, Noble, Comedy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Comedy was all I ever wanted.

  Margaret Cho

  Comedy, Wanted

  Margaret Cho (2007). “I'm the One That I Want”, p.71, Ballantine Books

• Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

  Margaret Cho

  Art, Comedian, Doe

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• I think comedy is an angry art form; it's an outsider art form.

  Margaret Cho

  Art, Thinking, Outsiders

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• No wonder all the great comedians had such destructive private lives. ... After you get the audience into that kind of frenzy, and you are being worshiped like the false idol you are, how do you leave the stage and transition back into real life? ... What is there left to do but set yourself on fire?

  Margaret Cho

  Real, Fire, Idols

  Margaret Cho (2007). “I'm the One That I Want”, p.85, Ballantine Books

• People at shows have told me that they've shown my videos to their parents and families to help them come out of the closet. It's very inspiring that comedy can do that and can help people cope with everyday life and challenges through humor.

  Margaret Cho

  People, Parent, Challenges

  "Margaret Cho: Laugh Lines". Interview with Katie Halper, www.guernicamag.com. June 15, 2015.

• Anger and comedy are really connected.

  Margaret Cho

  Comedy, Connected

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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