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.
Stephen ColbertI just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
Stephen ColbertNorthwestern's alumni list is truly impressive. This university has graduated best-selling authors, Olympians, presidential candidates, Grammy winners, Peabody winners, Emmy winners, and that's just me!
Stephen ColbertIf our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it.
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