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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It's much better to invite the audience to be part of your show rather than saying, "I command you to do this." The other thing is, you have to follow through. If you initiate a game and they take part, you can't stop until it reaches a mutually satisfying resolution.
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It's a game. That's why we call it 'the news.' It's just a game.
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When emotion or glitz is pumped into something that doesn't need it, it's just funny to me, ... Oh, it's not dramatic enough?
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We don't want any filter, ... The correspondent is only going to put his spin on it.
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Every day, if I could find someone to play with me. If I couldn't find someone to play with me, I would work on my player character.
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Bush has a real problem on his hands here, John: What honor should he bestow on Karl Rove?
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Lemme just talk to you for a second about something that I think is good for America: caramel apples, ... I had one last night. Delicious. Not talking about candy apples. I think candy apples are a danger! You crack 'em, they're very sharp. You candy apple crowd need to wake up!
I think O'Reilly could be so evolved, he's one of the X-Men
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I want to thank Comedy Central for picking up the show, but more importantly I want to congratulate Comedy Central for picking up the show,
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I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.
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He's definitely the king, ... I have trouble watching his show. It's exhausting.
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The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There's a lot of supposed tween comedy on TV that isn't particularly funny, but it's got a lot of laugh track. And I go, 'Please don't watch that. Please just watch something that's actually funny.'
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The letters that say 'I'm getting the messages you're sending me through the television screen' are not great. But those are few and far between, thank God. I get wonderful letters, and people send me artwork.
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The first time I met Jon Stewart was at the press conference that Comedy Central held to announce Jon would be the new host of 'The Daily Show,' which back then was not called 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.'