Stephen Colbert Quotes

The difference between you and the funny person on TV is that they acted on their ideas.

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.

Something I stand for is being brave enough to invest in creative ideas that I firmly believe in and bringing those to life.

My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.

Well, I think that - I think leadership's always been about two main things: imagination and courage.

The passion to explore and not be afraid to fail - that's something I will always attribute to the Groundlings.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

If I have a choice between looking something up and making it up, I'll make it up every time.

You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable will be lost.

It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Be original; don't be scared of being bold!

If people are making fun of you then you're probably doing something right.

I wish I had less fear about creating my own parts.

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail

You've got to find a way to relate to people. I just did an improvised episode for Joe Swanberg's new Netflix show, 'Easy,' and it was a huge learning curve for me and taught me so much about fear and courage. But when you're present in the moment, the audience, it's incomparable.

When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas.

I guess I say this for younger actors out there: you have to be brave, and you have to be ready to fail, and that's the only way you can be unique. So when a director is confident enough in what they're doing, and they allow their actors to be brave and bring in stuff, the more likely it's going to work out okay.

I think if you believe in an idea, then you should put it out there and be as original to the thought as possible without worrying about the risk.

As far as creation goes, you just really have to not overthink and just create and be confident. If you think it's tight, then the world is going to think it's tight.

I was kind of nervous to put 'Learning' out: it's a lot different. That's who I am. I'm going to push the boundaries.

I dared to be different, I want to inspire others to do the same.

Some people play it safe in the world of drag - I'm guilty of it myself, sometimes - but I hope to always be a voice that encourages people to buck trends, follow their instincts, and do good in the world.