3 December 2020 Stephen Colbert I wrote things for the school’s newspaper, and – like all teenagers – I dabbled in poetry.
3 December 2020 Stephen Colbert I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law.
3 December 2020 Stephen Colbert No, my 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.
3 December 2020 Stephen Colbert In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant. One motto on the show is, ‘Keep your facts, I’m going with the truth.’
3 December 2020 Stephen Colbert I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
