There are a hell of a lot of jobs that are scarier than live comedy. Like standing in the operating room when a guy's heart stops, and you're the one who has to fix it!
Jon StewartI watch a lot of astronaut movies....Mostly Star Wars. And even Han and Chewie use a checklist.
Jon StewartIn South Carolina, Senator John Edwards won handily, fulfilling his promise to win every state he was born in.
Jon StewartPeople would like to place a standard on our show that doesn't exist. We're not set up for reporting; we don't have an apparatus for that. We're discussing things that hopefully people might get something out of, but it's wildly inconsistent. Just because we hit on points that resonate, or people think are real complaints - that doesn't make us journalists.
Jon Stewart