Stephen Colbert Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

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

  Stephen Colbert

  Communication, Character, Mean

  "Stephen Colbert Fires Back at Racial Tweet Outcry With 'Colbert Report' Segment" by Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 31, 2014.

• My character is self-important, poorly informed, well-intentioned but an idiot. So we said, `Let's give him a promotion.'

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Self, Giving

  "Colbert spoofs cable news on Daily Show spinoff". Associated Press report, October 31, 2005.

• 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

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Law, Limits

  Twitter post from Jun 05, 2012

• 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.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Two, Use

  Twitter post from Jun 29, 2012

• Shamelessness is a wonderful part of the character.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Wonderful

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. January 25, 2006.

• 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.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Looking Forward, Shows

  "Colbert to succeed Letterman as host of 'The Late Show" By Brian Stelter, www.cnn.com. April 11, 2014.

• 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.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Interviews, Shows

• 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.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Reality, Discovery

• 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.

  Stephen Colbert

  Character, Boxing, Feelings

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

• 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 Colbert

  Character, Ideas, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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