By Jaymie Baxley

Every now and then we like to abduct notable artists and entertainers, hold them at gun point and ask them the most important questions we can muster. This week we talk with stand-up comedian, LGBT icon and actress Margaret Cho.

Cho currently stars in the successful Lifetime television series “Drop Dead Diva” and will be performing her award winning stand-up routine before a bearded flock of v-necked hipsters at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill on Thursday, Sept. 17.

FAYETTEVILLE FEED: Are you partial to the experience of being on tour? Do you consider it a necessary evil or a benefit of the career you have chosen?

MARGARET CHO: I actually love it. It is what I do. I just have bags packed at all times and I really don’t know who I am or what I am doing if I am not touring. It’s a great thing to be able to see the world and meet people and have fun and work. It’s tremendous.

F.F.: After having such a bad experience with television in the past (the tumultuous “An American Girl” ), what made you decide to participate in “Drop Dead Diva?“

M.C.: I loved the script and I fell in love with the show’s creator Josh Berman and his message. It’s a fantastic show and I am very proud of it! I think that everyone should watch!

F.F.: “Drop Dead Diva” has just been renewed for a second season. Are you at all surprised by the show’s success?

M.C.: Not at all. It’s an amazing show and deserves to have a good long run. The performances are incredible and the writing is so great. I am very glad about the renewal and can’t wait to make more episodes. Also the cast and I have seriously become a very, very close family.

F.F.: We’ve been told North Carolina is a southern state. Have you found southern audiences respond differently to your style of humor than northern audiences? Do you adjust your set at all to accommodate the venue?

M.C.: No, I don’t change anything. I’ve spent a lot of time in the south. I’ve spent the last 5 months shooting “Drop Dead Diva” in Peachtree City, Georgia. I am a southerner now.

F.F.: We hear you’re attempting to pursue a career in music. Do you see many parallels between musicians and comedians?

M.C.: We are night owls, we are always thinking about what we will add to our performances, we are always trying to top ourselves, trying to do better work. I actually like musicians better than I like comics, but essentially we are the same.

F.F.: You’ve been very vocal about your support of the LGBT community as well as your support of President Obama. Do you feel that he has let the LGBT community down by not speaking out on gay rights issues?

M.C.: Well, Obama has a great deal to do fixing what the Bush administration has done to our country. He’s trying to be neutral while still pushing for people to open their minds and have compassion. Yes, I would love for him to be more vocal on gay issues, but I feel he will get there.

F.F.: Do you have a favorite anecdote from the road?

M.C.: Ha! All my stories are road stories. I don’t know if I have any other ones. You’ll have to come to the show to hear it.