Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho (born Moran Cho on December 5, 1968 in San Francisco, California) is an American born Korean-American comedian and actress.

Quotations

:I just don't get it. People come up to me and ask me where I'm from and it's such a loaded question. And I'll say 'I'm from San Francisco,' and they lean in and whisper 'No, I mean where are you REALLY from?' And then I have to say 'Well, my parents are originally from Korea.' And then I have to listen to stories about all of the Korean people they know, or some Korean food they ate once, or how they're not sure they're pronouncing a Korean word right. And it's like...I don't care. I don't get it! I never walk up to white people and say, like, 'Oh my God, are you from France? No, not recently, I mean like a couple thousand years ago? Oh my God I totally knew it! I love your fries!

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:I grew up in San Francisco... in the midst of Polk Street, hanky codes, poppers, San Francisco. ... My parents owned a book store on Polk Street, and my mother was in charge of the gay porn. Which is like crazy. She would pull out these books and show me to talk about them. 'Dese book? Dass call' Ass Mastuh. Wha is Ass Mastuh? ... Dis is a gay, a book for gay, because Mommy know about de gay. De gay... dey like-uh ass. They like-uh ass soooooo much. ... But dey like-uh ass too much. You have to have-uh ass in moderation. You canno' have-uh ass all da time. Because-uh if you have ass all da time, den it not special. ... Dere is a boy, and his name is Paul. And Mommy like Paul. He's a nice, nice boy but he's-uh gay, and he only like two sings. He like-uh ass...and Judy Garland, and dass all. What kind of-uh life is it like dat? Dere's-uh ass, and ass-over-the-rainbow, and dass all.

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