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Stephen Colbert on Funny

born 1964 United States

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I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes. If people learn something about the news by watching the show, that is incidental to my goal.

Not living in fear is a great gift, because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time—of anything. If you're laughing, I defy you to be afraid.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stephen Colbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.