Shows Quotes by Stephen Colbert

With Late Night Show I can begin the search for the real Stephen Colbert.I just hope I don't find him on Ashley…

— Stephen Colbert

On this show, your voice will be heard - in the form of my voice.

— Stephen Colbert

A new study shows that having a severe phobia can hasten aging. But what if my greatest fear IS aging?!?

— Stephen Colbert

I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me.…

— Stephen Colbert

Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by…

— Stephen Colbert

I'm not a standup. I didn't start off as a writer, I learned to write through improvisation, and so that's the part…

— Stephen Colbert

You may learn sooner than most generations the hard lesson that you must always make the path for yourself...There is no secret…

— Stephen Colbert

In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, 'Keep your facts,…

— Stephen Colbert

We will try to honor David Letterman achievement by doing the best show we can.And occasionally making the network very mad at…

— Stephen Colbert

I do my show half-hour a night four nights a week. I haven't seen my kids in 18 months, and I am…

— Stephen Colbert

I gut check my show. I say, I say, "Gut, gut, does that feel true to you?" And Gut says, "Yes it…

— Stephen Colbert

And we didn't have cell phones. If you made plans to meet someone in a snow storm, and they didn't show up,…

— Stephen Colbert

We [comics] create our own reality on the show. I'm in a cocoon of the character's creation. Even within that reality, he's…

— Stephen Colbert

It's much better to invite the audience to be part of your show rather than saying, "I command you to do this."…

— Stephen Colbert

Writing and producing the show is an intellectual process. Performing the show is far more athletic and intuitive, because you don't get…

— Stephen Colbert

I have two last pieces of advice. First, being pre-approved for a credit card does not mean you have to apply for…

— Stephen Colbert

And when those bombs went off, there were runners who, after finishing a marathon, kept running for another two miles to the…

— Stephen Colbert

I welcome opposing viewpoints, but I should warn you that you'll be facing off against the 2nd-place finisher at the 1981 Charleston…

— Stephen Colbert

Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor. You have to be able to…

— Stephen Colbert

Every night on my show, The Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, okay? I give people the truth, unfiltered by…

— Stephen Colbert

Once I'm performing the show, I think that hour show has a certain intimacy with our audience. And that intimacy is through…

— Stephen Colbert

If I'm doing a talk show or an interview, or pretty much anything where I can't control the context, I'm loath to…

— Stephen Colbert