Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, media critic, and television host. He currently hosts the late-night television talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth13 May 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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Any religion whose messiah’s name isn’t recognized by Microsoft Word can’t be that much of a threat.
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There must be a God, because I don't know how things work.
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What the right-wing in the United States tries to do is undermine the press.
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Bill Moyers is everything I never aspire to be: Calm, Thoughtful, and Informative.
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We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything.
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Yesterday in a 25 to 24 vote, Republicans welcomed back Lott back into their leadership and named him minority whip. That is great for Trent. They say minority whip is a stepping stone to Grand Wizard.
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I'm a simple man with a simple mind. I hold a simple set of beliefs that I live by. Number one, I believe in America. I believe it exists. My gut tells me I live there. I feel that it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and I strongly believe it has 50 states.
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Don't be afraid to make things up. Never fear being exposed as a fraud. Experts make things up all the time. They're qualified to.
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I loved George Carlin and Dean Martin. I was one of those kids who had every comedy album.
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I'm very comfortable with uncomfortable situations, and I think that can seem odd to people, that I like the thrill of discomfort.
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My favorite off-camera memory of Jon Stewart is watching him jump from the second level of a tuna tower into the waters off Grand Cayman.
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I love 'Sunday in the Park with George.' I saw that when I was just, just starting theater school, and I remember singing 'Finishing the Hat' or at least reading the lyrics to 'Finishing the Hat' and other songs from 'Sunday in the Park with George' to my mom to try to explain why I wanted to be an artist.
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I started as a straight actor. I'd go onstage, and I'd think, 'Wow, this is the only thing I want to work really hard at. I will rehearse fifty times on a single scene; I don't care - I'll do it again.'
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I started off at the Second City in Chicago... It's an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn't. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren't all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime.