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
player work
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.
changing city concerned generally second silliest social theater work
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.
fifty hard rehearse straight work
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.'
funny work littles
I hold a little fundraiser every day. Its called going to work.
hard-work needs vote
Republicans will need to work hard to capture the Latino vote instead of their current strategy of capturing Latinos.
leadership work shoes
I gotta tell you, I do not envy whoever they try to put in David Letterman's chair. Folks those are some huge shoes to fill, and some really big pants.
deal truth
We're going to deal with truth on my show.
summer book home
The summer movies are coming out. My advice: just stay home and burn a good book.
mind killers failing
You gotta learn to love when you're failing.... The embracing of that, the discomfort of failing in front of an audience, leads you to penetrate through the fear that blinds you. Fear is the mind killer.
I think O'Reilly could be so evolved, he's one of the X-Men
central comedy picking thank
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,
based character daily guy
My character is not based on (Bill) O'Reilly, ... It's the same guy from The Daily Show. You'd never say it's O'Reilly.
news
I'm a big fan. I've always been a news junkie,
pipe pot putting smoking talking thanks
Smoking pot ... thanks for putting down the pipe and talking to me.