What Stephen Colbert has said about Pilot season

1 quote · 1 episode · Apr 6, 2026

Stephen Colbert, American comedian and host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has been quoted on Pilot season once in 1 episode of SmartLess, most recently on April 6, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

  • Colbert said he rarely tested for network roles because he was really a writer who needed to write for himself.

    “I, it turned out, had to write for myself. Because I was ostensibly an actor, but I was really a, it turned out I was probably a writer who needed to write for himself”

    SmartLess: "Stephen Colbert" (Apr 6, 2026) · Listen from 37:14

Episodes

  • "Stephen Colbert"

    SmartLess · Apr 6, 2026 · 1 h 5 min

    Stephen Colbert joins the SmartLess hosts for their 300th episode to discuss sketch-comedy beginnings, the end of his Late Show, and Lord of the Rings fandom.

Others on Pilot season

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