Margaret Cho Quotes

I think part of the reason that I have been successful, though, despite maybe not always fitting my message into the pre-packaged formulas, is there is this whole other media ecology out there of the Internet and Instagram and memes and talk shows and comedy, and I'm pretty good at that.

Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

My very first account was @BlackBarbie, which is what my friends called me growing up. Then I thought, 'You can either call yourself that, or you can find something that will matter to dark-skinned girls.' So I came up with @melaniin.goddess.

If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the 'New York Times.'

I can see how people would just assume I am a no-nonsense kind of girl, you know? But the truth is, it's not who I am. But when I need to be, I can be tough.

The thing is that what you see on Snapchat, that's DJ Khaled. That's Khaled for real. That's Khaled.

I'm just constantly figuring out new ways to reinvent myself.

People have a certain mindset about me, they know me to be a very serious person as I don't party much nor am I overtly active on social media but there is more to me than what is imbibed in their minds.

Some days I'm Uncle Situation, other days I'm Dr. Situation, I'm Chef Situation.

But I'm a real Gemini; I'm completely different at home than when I'm on tour.

I absorb energy, I absorb the good, the bad, I absorb everything. That's what makes me who I am.

Nobody tells you how to be famous.

I am in the business of entertainment.

Noel Fielding is one of the nicest guys in show business. The first time I met him, I felt like I had met a rather wayward cousin whose take on the world made me laugh.

I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be.

I've often thought I'm a short music hall comedian stuck in a leading man's body.

Over the years, I'd hear Jon Stewart disavow being a journalist and say, 'No, I'm a comedian.' I'd be like, 'Stop pretending. You know you're a journalist.'

Always try to reinvent myself; never try to stay the same person, because that's how people figure you out.

I like being different people.

I'm always reinventing myself.

Some people say, 'Maude Apatow is my spirit animal.' I get that a lot. They tweet it to me.

Those of us with water in our personalities don't pick where we'll flow to. All we can do is flow where the landscape of our lives carries us

The web is at a really important turning point right now. Up until recently, the default on the web has been that most things aren’t social and most things don’t use your real identity. We’re building toward a web where the default is social.

Without wanting to claim that I'm really like James Bond I would certainly prefer to be thought of as closer to James Bond than Mr. Bean most definitely.

It's not what you like but what you are like that's important.