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AC (DENNIS): Before I continue with the questions, I just want to let you know that I love your CD, "Drunk with Power" but if there is one thing that surprises me, it's the fact that there were no chapter tracks on the CD. What happened?

MARGARET: I don't know. You know that particular company that I did the CD with is not very well produced. That's sort of why it happened.

AC (DENNIS): Do you have another CD coming out?

MARGARET: Well there is one that has been released. It was a benefit CD that was taped a few years ago. There will probably be one accompanying the DVD video of the film, which will be released later.

AC (DENNIS): In your CD, "Drunk with Power" you said that you don't get along with your brother because he took a shit in your goldfish bowl? Did he really do that?

MARGARET: Oh yes. That was true.

AC (DENNIS): Eww...that's gross! Well, let's change the subject. I'm guessing that you get a lot of weird fan mail. What is the weirdest fan mail that you have ever received?

MARGARET: I don't know. I get a lot of fan mail that people say "you helped me." The beautiful fan letters are the ones I really appreciate. I don't really get weird stuff but I get really profound stuff. One guy wrote about his boyfriend who died of AIDS and his boyfriend listened to my CD when he went to the hospital everyday and that made him feel better. That was so beautiful. That is so great to be able to help people and not even realize that you're helping them in that way. That is my favorite fan letter. They're mostly like that. They're people who have been helped by my work and feel free from the things that I have said and that's important to me.

AC (DENNIS):Let's talk about your film "I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT" which is getting a lot of rave reviews  around the country. Roger Ebert gave this movie a "Thumbs Up." It came in third place out of 250 films screened at the Seattle International Film Festival, the only American film to make it in the top 5. Please tell us a little bit about it.

MARGARET: Well, the film is basically about my fake show that revolves around my experience doing the TV sitcom "ALL AMERICAN GIRL,"  which was also the first Asian American family on television. The whole situation was devastating from beginning to end. The show is about my struggles through that experience and finding peace, self-love and meeting incredible adversity. It's filmed from my stand up comedy shows.

AC (DENNIS): Was it filmed in one setting or several settings?

MARGARET: It was filmed from two shows in San Francisco.

AC (SUZANNE): Do you get stage fright when you go on stage?

MARGARET: When I get on stage, I know what I'm doing and I'm focused on what's happening and it takes a lot of concentration but sometimes when I'm on stage I'm like...all these people are looking at me.

AC (SUZANNE): What goes on your mind when you get on stage?

MARGARET: It's really weird, like I'll be on stage and I realize that I'm outside of what I'm doing and what it is that I'm doing and that I'm paralyzed by fear but it only happens for a millisecond until I realize that I have to pick up and keep going but it's a very strange  thing. If I really think about what I'm doing it's very scary. But when I'm actually doing it, it's not scary.

AC (SUZANNE): Do you go through any rituals before going on stage?

MARGARET: No. I just read and I get rest.

AC (SUZANNE): How much rest do you need to get into the pace?

MARGARET: It depends how much I'm traveling. If I'm traveling a lot, I need to focus on  the performance, then I will just stay in a hotel and not go anywhere. Get massages and not do anything because traveling takes a lot out of you.

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