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
accepting status-quo visa
I don't accept the status quo. I do accept Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.
media people would-be
Hatemongers like Media Matters take innocent statements like mine, Rush Limbaugh's, John Gibson's, and Bill O'Reilly's and make them offensive by posting them on the Internet, allowing the general public to hear words that were meant for people who already agree with us. Hey, Media Matters, you want to end offensive speech? Then stop recording it for people who would be offended.
foundation terrible let-me
I'm livin' high on the hog, and let me tell you, hogs make a terrible foundation.
winning thinking president
Winning the Nobel Prize does not automatically qualify you to be commander in chief. I think George Bush has proved definitively that to be president, you don't need to care about science, literature or peace.
oregon california two
Washington is dangerously positioned between two Canadas, Canada Canada and California's Canada, Oregon.
als global-warming made
I believed in global warming after Al Gore's movie made money; the market had spoken.
men perfect balance
Everything in nature has found a niche, a perfect harmony of balance. Man need to find his niche, his perfect balance, where he fits in the natural cycle
comedy satire ripe
Status is always ripe for satire, status is always good for comedy.
sex ignorance oedipus
Ignorance is bliss-Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions.
host minutes producers
I've been accused of being unambitious, but what I do takes up every minute. I'm executive producer, I'm a writer and the host.
laughing use news
I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes.
doe news junkie
I'm a huge news junkie. I love what the news does.
book college men
I spent my first two years at a small all-male college in Virginia called Hampden-Sydney. That was like going to college 120 years ago. The languages, a year of rhetoric, all of the great books, Western Man courses, stuff like that.
love-is
I love being onstage.