Stephen Colbert Quotes About Character

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  • 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 do the character.

  • 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 in a cocoon. While I'm an improviser and enjoy discovery, the show follows a script. I have a pretty good idea what's going to happen. It's a very ­crafted, controlled environment.

  • Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?

    "Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Racial Tweet Outcry With 'Colbert Report' Segment" by Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 31, 2014.
  • NC passed law against global warming science, therefore it's not happening. So I'm ignoring Twitter's 140-character limit, so it's not happ

    Twitter post from Jun 05, 2012
  • The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • I won't be doing the new show in character, so we'll all get to find out how much of him was me. I'm looking forward to it.

    "Colbert to succeed Letterman as host of 'The Late Show" By Brian Stelter, www.cnn.com. April 11, 2014.
  • Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character.

    Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 25, 2006.
  • My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot. So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.'

    "Colbert spoofs cable news on Daily Show spinoff". Associated Press report, October 31, 2005.
  • I'm off for two weeks, so until I get back, take the characters in this tweet and parcel them out one per day. Use this Q wisely.

    Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012
  • I'm a satirist, so I've got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I'm not an assassin. If that ever happens, it's only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character.

    "The man in the irony mask". Interview with Seth Mnookin, www.vanityfair.com. October, 2007.
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