Stephen Colbert Quotes

I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for me.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

Every time I work on a scene or I work on the overall movie, I had my kids unconsciously in mind. Is that going to please them? Is it going to be funny for them? And if it is funny for them, is it going to be funny for their friends and their friends' friends?

The BBC say we need more working-class comedies, which is rubbish. We need funny comedies; it doesn't matter where they come from.

I've never really loved mean comedy.

Making people laugh was the only thing I ever truly excelled at. But at home, I was so quiet with my family, which taught me to be really observant.

I just loved jokes so much as a child. I remember wanting to perform at, like... age seven by reading from a kids' joke book, and my parents being like, 'That's not what standup comedy is,' and me being like, 'Not yet it isn't! I'm going to change the game.'

I think there are a lot of shows out there that value being hip or cool over being funny and heartfelt.

I want to see better quality of comedy on TV.

There are many that I will not post. I'm not trying to show a blatant death. I'm trying to show something funny that, every now and then, pushes the envelope a little bit.

The only thing I don't like is being called the 'grandfather of the cellphone' because that makes me a little older than I prefer to be.

I always really loved comedy. It's the only thing I was ever good at.

I'm topical as hell. That's not going to change if I lose weight. There are a lot of comics that do 'fat jokes' better than I do - Louie Anderson, John Pinette, Gabriel Iglesias. These guys are phenomenal.

Making people laugh is the only thing I've ever done naturally.

I was a bad kid. I was a really naughty kid. I couldn't read or write. And that was me punishment - going to acting school.

My parents certainly didn't understand TV comedy. They wouldn't turn on 'Married... With Children' and laugh.

You see a lot of comedic content that's not funny, and you can tell that it's supposed to be funny, but it's actually not funny.

We're all basically decent human beings so if 3,000 people are laughing at a joke then it's worth telling.

I like things that are sort of comic and humorous rather than satirical.

You can tell a lot about a person by what comedians they like.

The bulk of my work is comedy and I wanted to use the gaming world as a vehicle to deliver comedy.

It's possible the only thing I love more than working with Gabe Diani and Etta Devine is humiliating myself on film for all to see.

I think Trump is terrible for comedy. A lot of people say he is great. He's not. You can't joke a joke.

I think trying to be hot is the antithesis of trying to be funny. If you're aware of what you look like, or you're trying to... you can't be truly funny.

A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.