8 Margaret Cho Quotes on Criticism

Margaret Cho quotes on criticism

4. The Pope talks so much shit. The Pope was castigating the media for making gays look normal. YEAH, you're a real GOOD judge of normal, with your gold dress and your matching gold hat, living up the Vatican with 500 man surrounded by the finest antiques in the world! Queen, please! You live like Versace did!

36. [quoting her producer] '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!!

42. 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 [the producer] grabbed the mike from me and said, 'There is no truth in that whatsoever.' I... was so... hungry.

60. This is a very strange time we're living in, ... and I would feel a little bit better if George W. Bush could say the word 'nuclear' correctly...You would have thought somebody would have said something by now. At the very least, Condoleezza Rice would have got up in his face, 'Foo', it's NU-CLE-AR! Imma have'ta write it down fo'ya! ...I'm makin' flash cards for the President. This is...*shaking her head* mm-mmmm.'

82. I don't think I enjoy the awards show press gauntlet anymore. At least this year I had the best gown ever, designed by Derek of Narcisse, a couture peacock feather fantasy, which was named the Worst Dress of the 2004 Grammys by E!, Entertainment Tonight, Joan Rivers and Steven Cojocaru - which means it was the best dress there.

83. We have been threatened by a local conservative group who said they will picket the show unless I am fired and taken off the bill and replaced by someone else. Sorry. I am now more excited than ever to meet y'all. Personally, if you are going to picket a show, fine, but the fact that you are picketing my show, means you are stepping up to me, which means some very bad things could possibly happen to you.

84. Then there is Dick Cheney, who essentially said that if Kerry is voted in as president, terrorism will hit America again. How is that? Is Cheney going to make some calls? Apparently he has the hook up.

85. This presidential race is the biggest dick contest in history. 'Your dick is indecisive!' 'Your dick started an unnecessary war!' 'Your dick didn't get injured enough in Vietnam!' 'Your dick didn't even go to Vietnam!' 'Your dick is soft on terrorism!' 'Your dick started terrorism!' 'Your dick blamed Vietnam vets for atrocities that made all vets unable to come home to a hero's welcome.' 'Your dick forged its way out of military service!' Has this kind of dick waggling happened before outside of a pro- wrestling context?