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Stephen Colbert quotes about jokes

American Comedian May 13, 1964

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My brother Billy was the joke teller. My brother Jim had a really sharp, cutting wit. And the teller of long stories, that was my brother Ed. As a child, I just absorbed everything they said, and I was always in competition for the laughs. Stephen Colbert
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
Stephen Colbert quote: "I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here..."
I'm not here to affect you politically or socially. I'm here to make you laugh. I use the news as the palette for my jokes. Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert quote: "Knock Knock. Who's there? The Truth. No joke."
Knock Knock. Who's there? The Truth. No joke. Stephen Colbert

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