Stephen Colbert

He was always very professional.

And I remember looking at him backstage at Second City and going, why is he so good?

And I came up with this conclusion and I wrote it down on a piece of paper with a calligraphic pen.

And I taped it on the back of my little locker area to remind myself.

And it just said work because what I saw at Steve was that he worked really hard.

Yeah.

And he never phoned it in.

And I'm curious what his process is like when he does drama.

or what people would perceive as drama, versus comedy, or what people would perceive as comedy.

And the reason why I say perceive is, is it all the same to him, but with a different character intention, or with a different energy intention?

Or is he really just approaching it in a totally different way?

He's saying, well, that's sketch, or that's something incredibly broad, like Anchorman, or Dinner for Schmucks, or now I'm doing Foxcatcher.

Yeah.

Does he do it in a different way?

Because I admire him so much in both directions.

Same.

And, and, and as far as I know, he's never talked about his process.

So I don't, I mean, I've never seen him do it.

So I don't, and I've worked with him since 1988.

I mean, we roomed together practically for 10 years and I don't know what it is.