Stephen Colbert Net Worth

Stephen Colbert's Quotes

• [on what he would like to ask former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean] The media tries to portray you as an angry candidate. Doesn't that piss you off?
• [To Howard Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources (1992) January 25, 2004] We have no desire to make anybody look like a blithering idiot, but we do love it when they do. Because we get it off the AP feed and, then, we don't have to write anything for the next five minutes. We can just roll the tape.
• [Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City, UT), January 23, 2004] Since there's not more news than there used to be, but there's way more time, and more channels doing it all the time, so that analysis has become much more than news . . . They really have to fill and they go, "(Expletive), we'll just have analysis for the next three hours," because there's no more new on the story. And then . . . the first person with a semi-cogent thought, they go, "(Expletive), I'll say that, too." And then that analysis becomes accepted dogma because analysis is the bulk of what you're getting. You're not really getting any more news.
• [The Union Leader (Manchester NH, January 25, 2004, when asked why people should watch The Daily Show (1996)] You shouldn't listen to us at all if you're looking for information. We don't take ourselves seriously on any level; we're just comedians . . . I'm a huge news junkie. I love what the news does. And we're a shadow, a reflection, of what's happening in the real news.
• [on his mock "crusade" against the Associated Press regarding his claim that coined the word "truthiness"] It's a sin of omission, is what it is. You're not giving people the whole story about truthiness. It's like [William Shakespeare] still being alive and not asking him what "Hamlet" is about.

Interesting Facts about Stephen Colbert

1. An alumnus of the Second City and Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, IL. Graduated from Northwestern University in 1986.
2. Provided the voice of Ace for Saturday Night Live (1975)'s "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" segments. The voice of Gary is provided by fellow The Daily Show (1996) correspondent Steve Carell.
3. Is deaf in his right ear.
4. The youngest of 11 children, Stephen served as an altar boy for 11 years.
5. Is a huge "Lord of the Rings" fan and has an encyclopedic knowledge of the series. Specifically recited the entire biography of LOTR character Aragorn from memory when Viggo Mortensen appeared on The Daily Show (1996). Mortensen sent him a platter full of LOTR characters carved out of chocolate.
6. Most of the shows he has been a part of are on Comedy Central. These shows are Exit 57 (1995), The Daily Show (1996), Strangers with Candy (1999), and The Colbert Report (2005).
7. Was included in the Peabody Award given to The Daily Show: Indecision 2002: Election Night (2002) for "offering biting political satire, these scintillating segments had something droll and amusing to say about almost everything and everyone associated with American politics and the presidential election.".
8. All of his three children have appeared on The Daily Show (1996).
9. His father and two of his brothers died in a plane crash when he was ten years old. On September 11, 1974, they were on an Eastern Airlines DC-9 that crashed in dense fog during its approach to Charlotte, NC. Of the 82 people on board, 72 were killed. In its report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that "the probable cause of the accident was the flight crew's lack of altitude awareness at critical points during the approach due to poor cockpit discipline in that the crew did not follow prescribed procedures.".
10. He was briefly a correspondent on Good Morning America (1975).
11. Wrote the book "Wigfield" with Strangers with Candy (1999) costars Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello.
12. Occasionally replaced Jon Stewart as anchor of The Daily Show (1996) while Jon was occupied with other things.
13. Voiced several characters on Comedy Central's Crank Yankers (2002).
14. Lent his voice to some attack ads that were used for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006), hosted by Jon Stewart.
15. "Truthiness," a word he coined, was declared the Word of the Year 2005 by the American Dialect Society.
16. His show, The Colbert Report (2005), averages 1.2 million viewers.
17. Has stated that not all of his family members say "Colbert" the way he does. Some pronounce the latter syllable as "Burt".
18. Father, with wife Evelyn McGee, of three children: daughter Madeline Colbert, and sons Peter Colbert and John Colbert.
19. Is in the process of putting together news pieces about every congressional district in the United States.
20. Teaches Sunday School every weekend at his church and teaches his own specific story of salvation and has the children learn spiritual songs.