If you're injecting fear into other people, then you're trying to kill their minds. You're trying to get them to stop thinking.
Stephen ColbertThatโs why our TVs are brimming with so much hot man-on-pan action. You canโt channel surf for long without seeing turkey getting stuffed over and over until they finally cut to the gravy shot.
Stephen ColbertMy mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.
Stephen ColbertI'm proud of my ability to understand what somebody else is trying to do and help them achieve it, because part of the aesthetic of improvisation is service. We don't lead, we only follow. You never say no. Serve the servant, follow the follower. And that's very valuable in your life, as well as very valuable in your work.
Stephen Colbert