# Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho est une actrice, scénariste, productrice et réalisatrice américaine née le 5 décembre 1968 à San Francisco (Californie, États-Unis).

## Citations
### Drunk with Power

* (en) Something traumatic happened to me when I was younger. I was with this old black woman, and she was very wise, very Alice Walker, The Color Purple… She looked at me and she says, "Baby…you know I used to be able to fly but I can't fly no more, baby. But baby, you...? You too fat to fly."
* Making Movies/Drunk with Power, Margaret Cho, album Drunk with Power, 1996 chez Uproar Entertainment.
* (en) Then there was this extra on the set who runs up to me and says, "Oh, I know you! I know who you is, I seen you before. You that comedienne, Margaret Cho! ... I just didn't recognize you because you've put on a little weight since your show." And it didn't piss me off that she said that, but it was that she said "You put on a lot of *gestures* weight!" so I'll know exactly where I put it. And it pissed me off, so I just sort of talked about it to everybody for the whole day. The next day I come into work and the assistant producer comes over to me and says, "Uh, you know that lady from the other day? Well don't worry. We took care of her." What did you do?! "Well, we took care of her. She won't be coming back." And I felt like such an asshole. I was all drunk with power, like Orson Welles... "Nobody can call me fat on this set!"
* Making Movies/Drunk with Power, Margaret Cho, album Drunk with Power, 1996 chez Uproar Entertainment.

### I'm the One that I Want

* (en) I love the word "faggot," because it describes my kind of guy! You see, I am a fag hag. Fag hags are the backbone of the gay community. Without us, you're nothing! We have been there all through history guiding your sorry ass through the underground railroad! ...We went to the prom with you!
* I Am a Fag Hag, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I love my gay male friends, but when I was a little girl I always used to wish that I would be constantly surrounded by gorgeous guys, and I am, and I should have been more specific.
* I Am a Fag Hag, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) Thank God for gay men. Thank God for gay men, because if it were not for gay men, I would not talk to men at all.
* I Am a Fag Hag, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) So I was on the ship, with 800 lesbians. We can't get off. So much drama. "Were you looking at her or her or her or her or her or her or her or her or her or her or her or her? WELL, WERE YOU?!" We all got on the same cycle.
* Lesbians Love Whale Watching, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I slept with a woman on the ship, and afterwards I was thinking, "Am I gaaaay? Am I straaaaight?" And then I realized: I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?
* Lesbians Love Whale Watching, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) My mom used to give me messages like this: "Ummmmmmm... Scott called.... IS HE THE GAY??!!" "Well, God, mom, I don't know if he's the gay... that's a lot of pressure on just one guy. He has to do the parade all by himself!"
* Are You Gay?, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) A Korean reporter once asked me, 'Do you think your Korean parents are ashamed because you talk about what you talk about on stage?' I said, 'I don't think they're ashamed because they're Korean. I think any parents would be ashamed.'
* Grandma and Grandpa, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) The National Enquirer published this thing called the "Chow like Cho Diet," which was this fake diet that I never went on, with all these fake quotes from me, like "When I was a little girl, I was raised on rice and fish. So when I get heavy, I go back to that natural Asian way of eating." ... That is so Mulan. You can almost hear the mandolin in the background. "When I was a little girl, I grow up on the rice paddy... and although we have no food, I have a tendency to put on weight."
* Chow Like Cho Diet, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) It was hard for me to do the show because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I was on a morning show, and the host said, 'Awright, Margaret, we're changing over to an ABC affiliate! So why don't you tell our viewers in your native language that we're making that transition?' So I looked at the camera and said, 'Um, they're changing over to an ABC affiliate.'
* Saved by the Gong, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) "The network is concerned. They're concerned about the fullness of your face. They think you're really overweight, and you're going to have to do something about it." ...I didn't know what to say to that. I always thought I was decent looking; I had no idea that I was a giant face taking over America! HERE COMES THE FACE!!
* Fatty Choices, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I was on the floor in the emergency room, and the woman came up to me and said 'Hi, my name is Gwen and I'm here to wash your vagina!'
* Gwen, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I knew I was crazy because I was watching Jesus Christ Superstar and the part where Jesus carries the cross up the mountain, I actually said to myself, "Wow! That must be a really good workout! Yeah, because you're doing arms and cardio!"
* But I'm a Size Four!, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) Because I wasn't Asian enough - they decided to hire an Asian Consultant. Because I was fucking it up as an Asian. She would follow me around: "Margaret! Use chopsticks! And when you are done eating, you can put them in your hair. Now you're wearing shoes which is something we don't do in the house. Now I'm just going to leave this abacus right here..."
* Korean-American Role Model, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I stood in front of a hundred and one critics at a critic's convention, ... and a critic asked me, "Miss Cho, isn't it true that your management asked you to lose weight to play the part of yourself in your own TV show?" Gail grabbed the mike from me and said, "There is no truth in that whatsoever." I... was so... hungry.
* But I'm a Size Four!, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I gave a LOT of unnecessary head. And I know that guys are going to argue with me about this. "Oh, Margaret, there's no such thing as unnecessary head! All head is necessary! All head is wanted and needed in the world. I run a home for unnecessary head."
* When The Show Was Cancelled, I Fell Apart, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I am not gonna die because some network executive thought I was fat! It's so wrong! It's so wrong that women are asked to live up to this skinny ideal that is totally unattainable. For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!!
* I'm Gonna Stay Here and Rock the Mike, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I am not gonna die because I failed as someone else. I am gonna succeed as myself. And I'm gonna stay here and rock the mike until the next Korean-American, fag hag, shit starter, girl comic, trash talker, comes up and takes my place!
* I'm Gonna Stay Here and Rock the Mike, Margaret Cho, album I'm the One that I Want, 2001 chez Nettwerk.

### Notorious C.H.O.

* (en) No matter what these terrorists do, I refuse to be terrorized. ...All this requires is just a few alterations in our day to day lives. For example, my first instinct when I receive an envelope full of white powder... is to snort it! I just won't do that this time!
* My First Instinct, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) If you've ever bought drugs before, you understand that for some bizarre reason you have to feign this relationship with your dealer. It's like you're not really going to him to buy drugs. You're going for a social visit. Drugs are the surprise that just happens when you get there. "Oh, hash! I didn't know!" And he's talkin' to you and you're tryin' to be interested, you know, "Oh yeah? No, really ... I love Foghat. No, seriously." And inside you're like, "Just fuckin' give it! I hate you. Your house smells like cat pee!" Why do all drug dealers' houses smell like cat pee?
* I Love Heroin, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I had a colonic irrigation in this clinic in Santa Monica, because people in Los Angeles cannot do anything for themselves, much less take a shit.
* My First Colonic, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) I didn't know if I was going to mention my period on stage, but then I figured, if Richard Pryor had a period, he would talk about it.
* If Straight Men Had Periods, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) "I do not need nobody tellin' me who I am! I know who I am!... I be walkin' down the hallway, they call me names. They call me faggot, they call me sissy, I say, 'Oh yeah? Well, you forgot, I'm also a model and a actress, so fuck you too!'"
* Alan & Jeremy, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) It's just that it's been my experience in having sex with some straight men that the sex is over when he gets off. And I don't accept that. I want to have an orgasm. ...Not right now! This is the Isaac Stern Auditorium!... No. I want to have one. I will put a chalk board over the bed. One... one.
* I Have Sex Like A Gay Man, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) There's no real way for women to really learn about sex in our culture... There are articles about sex in women's magazines, but that's not the kind of information I'm after. There was this article in Cosmopolitan about How To Look Good In Bed with your lover. It was these tips like, if you put your arm under your breasts they're higher... or if you're laying on your back, your stomach is flat, or if you're having anal sex, he can't see your cellulite! That is wrong, because I get so ugly when I fuck and I don't care. And if you care what I look like when you're fucking me, you shouldn't be fucking me in the first place!!
* Women's Magazines, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) So from the age of 10, I became anorexic, and then bulimic, and then stayed that way for about twenty years, until one day I just said, Hey, what if this is it? What if this is just what I look like, and nothing I do changes that? So how much time would I save if I stopped taking that extra second every time I look in the mirror to call myself a big fat fuck? How much time would I save if I just let myself walk by a plate-glass window without sucking in my gut and throwing back my shoulders? How much time would I save? And it turns out I save about 97 minutes a week. I can take a pottery class.
* Eating Disorder, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) If you are a woman, if you are a person of colour, if you are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, if you are a person of size, if you are person of intelligence, if you are a person of integrity, then you are considered a minority in this world. And it's going to be really hard for us to find messages of self-love and support anywhere.... If you don't have self-esteem, you will hesitate to do anything in your life.... You will hesitate to report a rape. You will hesitate to defend yourself when you are discriminated against because of your race, your sexuality, your size, your gender. You will hesitate to vote; you will hesitate to dream. For us to have self-esteem is truly an act of revolution, and our revolution is long overdue.
* Self-Esteem Rant, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
* (en) And I urge you all today, especially today, in these times of terrorism and chaos, to love yourself without reservation, and to love each other without restraint. Unless you're into leather; then by all means, use restraints.
* Self-Esteem Rant, Margaret Cho, album Notorious C.H.O., 2002 chez Nettwerk.
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