“I would love to travel to the future to plot out some things so there's no more guess work.” Quote by Len Wiseman
“I try to keep my characters raising more questions than giving answers. I don't want to leave too much on the table. I want you to have your connection and your secret understanding of the character.” WantGivingTryingCharacterUnderstandingAnswersSecretToo MuchConnectionsTablesI Want You Author:Nicolas Cage
“I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of a sudden, the whole world opens up.” IfsWorldRealWholeCharacterCareWhole World Author:William Fichtner
“I've always been an ajumma, but when you get older, the culture we were brought up in works in our favor where aging is good, combatting the Hollywood idea that aging is bad. I'm very grateful for that.” IdeasCultureHollywoodGratefulAgingFavors Author:Margaret Cho
“You have to constantly recreate yourself in show business, which is a very fast thing, especially now with the tremendous speed of social media. There are so many personalities, so many different kinds of comedy that you can access, so it’s definitely important to stake your claim and say who you are.” KindImportantDifferentShowsSocialComedyMediaPersonalityClaimsWho You AreSocial MediaSpeedAccessStakesDifferent KindsShow BusinessRecreate Yourself Author:Margaret Cho
“That's the nature of comedy. You always want to be improving and growing and changing with what's happening in the world. That's when comedy is most effective.” WorldWantComedyGrowingHappeningsImproving Author:Margaret Cho
“White fragility! White people are so sensitive about race and racial conversations. I feel like I'm always walking on eggshells when I'm around white people.” PeopleFeelsWhiteRaceWalkingConversationSensitiveFragilityEggshellsWalking On Eggshells Author:Margaret Cho
“There are definitely racial problems in this country [the USA]. Comedy is a way we can figure out how to solve it, and how to solve it without making people really angry.” PeopleWayCountryProblemComedyFiguresAngrySolveUsa Author:Margaret Cho
“As a woman of color you have little more permission to go deeper and question things because your identity, in a way, is a shield. But if you come at it from a minority status, my person, who I am, softens the blow of whatever it is that I'm saying, because I am that.” IfsWayLittlesPersonsIdentityColorBlowDeeperWho I AmMinoritiesPermissionShields Author:Margaret Cho
“There's vulnerability - so I have to make sure the audience is certain that I know what I'm doing. There's vulnerability there because my heart is open, but at the same time I definitely have a lot of "weapons" at my disposal. I have all the language, I have all of the moment - I have all of that to spar with somebody, to take anything on.” KnowsHeartMomentsCertainLanguageAudienceMy HeartWeaponsVulnerability Author:Margaret Cho
“I started [performing] so young that it might have just been that I kind of had to grow up and make people understand that I was worth listening to, even though I was a child.” PeopleKindChildrenMightYoungGrowsGrowing UpListeningPerforming Author:Margaret Cho