During the course of the interview, Colbert revealed some charming quirks: an email friendship with Dick Cavett, a near reverence for J.R.R.Tolkien, and the fact that he decided to pronounce his last name Col-BARE during a conversation with an astronaut on a flight to Chicago as he headed to Northwestern University for the first time.
But the conversation returned again and again to the fact that he plays a character named Stephen Colbert. He said he warns guests that he does his interviews in character, and tells them that the character is an idiot. But that doesn’t always prepare them.
“Any theologian can understand martyrdom, but only the martyr goes into the fire,” Colbert said. “I’m the fire.”
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Montclair International Film Festival Presents
A Conversation With Stephen Colbert with special guest Jonathan Alter.
December 2nd, 2011
The Wellmont Theatre
Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
Prices: $35 | $45 |$95 | $500 Premium Tickets
Tickets: On Sale Friday, October 21 at Noon (EDT).
Jonathan Alter – Part 2
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