have the 'everybody on his or her own schedule' kind of attitude. But there is part of me that wishes it had happened before she was leaving the show. That there was time for the audience to continue to relate to her on a daily basis and 'renormalize' her. But it didn't and I'm thrilled and proud and excited that she did it now. And I totally love her."

While Cho and Paige were definitely ahead of most people's schedules, Cho admits, "I'm forever uncomfortable with my sexuality. But it doesn't have anything to do with..." she trails off as they erupt into laughter.

"Gender identification?" offers Paige. "Its just a personal thing," Cho responds. While they're both extremely candid about their sexuality, the pair's backgrounds could not be more different. Cho was raised in a traditional Korean household. Paige split his time between his somewhat conservative father and stepmother and his ultraliberal mother, who worked in a women's bookstore.

C: But my parents really encouraged nourishment of the mind. That was a great thing about my upbringing - I was really encouraged to read.

P: When you started coming out in the various ways that you did, did they seek out that information? Did they go to books?

C: No. My parents still think I'm a virgin. [Laughter] I never talked to them about it either. When they come to see me perform they use their selective understanding of English.

P: All of a sudden it becomes "Blah, blah, blah."

C: But it doesn't matter. They don't have a comment about it.

P: I grew up, when I lived with my mother, surrounded by lesbians and black women who had changed their names to reflect their African roots. When I came out to my mother, I fully expected her to be like, "Woo-hoo!" God bless her, she was really supportive, but she really had to wrestle her way to pure happiness for me. It was her own fear of the world that got in the way.

As with many gay people over the years, body image has played a significant role in the lives of both Cho and Paige. In I'm the One That I Want, Cho delved into the stress of working on her 1994 sitcom, All American Girl, during which