3 Margaret Cho Quotes on Asian american

Margaret Cho quotes on asian american

34. 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.'

35. It was hard for me to do the show (All American Girl) 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.'

41. 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...'