Margaret Cho Quotes

I don't want people mistreating me. I found out when you're vulnerable and your heart's open, then people step on you. You're really stupid for letting that happen. And the only way to counteract that is to be like Wolfman Jack. Because if you do nice, kind things for people, then how are they going to mess you over?

None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.

Ballet is something for which you need so much control and composure. And there's an element to acting that is the complete opposite. You have to be able to completely let go and reveal everything about yourself. It's about being very vulnerable.

I was raised by a strong mother who always taught me to speak up, I never had difficulty leaving an uncomfortable situation or cutting eye contact; people used to call me cold.

I think it's a feeling like I've got it all figured out. There's nothing that can shock me anymore. There's nothing I haven't anticipated; so at that point, there is a calmness.

What makes me vulnerable is any genuine expression of emotion in the presence of another person. It makes me vulnerable and my inclination is, of course, immediately to back away from anything that makes me vulnerable.

If you want to judge me, I can handle it.

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness.

I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

The writer has to be brave, I think.

Anger is a better weapon than tears; a burr commands more respect than a sensitive plant.

You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.

I prepare so no one can take what is mine, no one can replace my mind, my heart.

When I walk into the room, I own it!

One of the traps of auditioning is walking into that room feeling as though you're a guest in someone's house, and being really careful not to spill wine on the carpet. What you have to do is walk in there as though you're the host.

Courage comes from a heart that is CONVINCED it is loved.

To make great art, you had to expose your soul, and some things should be left safely in the dark.

Power doesn't have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it.

You mustnt give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get.

I have the thickest skin of anyone you'll ever meet. No one can say anything about me I haven't heard a million times before.

It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together.

Telling what you feel, trying to talk about what's important to you, does not make you weaker.

The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

Today I must be very careful, today I have left my armor at home.