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Ive always had a good time. i how is he going to give thaup persona and be a real guy. chevy chase couldnt do it. when he played that zany chevy chase character, everybody thought that was chevy chase. o. >> its funny, way back when his show was starting, i interviewed him out of character, which he doesnt do that often anymore. he is a real guy. hes very intelligent. hes versatile, a good performer. he can do a lot of good things. i still think leaving the character behind is going to be a big ...

Reaction to what i said, i think. >> one thing that makes me very excited about colbert is that he really does have a quick agile mind. and, you know, he can. >> hes an improv guy. i think that can make him really brilliant in interviews. i realry just hope they dont make him boring. that goes beyond politics, although i dont really want them to gut the politics of him, but if i sit down some night and see stephen colbert saying to somebody i hear you brought a clip with you, im just going to di...

Colbert. hes not only hilarious and brilliant and sharp witted and all that stuff you see on the colbarrett report. im talking about him offstage when hes stephen colbert the person. there are, i learned the hard way, all kinds of people in show business and the news business and political commentary. there are who are as stuffed shirt off air as they are on. who have the biggest possible impression of themselves as they are on air. there are also people who big on stage and shy in person. david...

That guys wit myself being sarcastic. he can be very tough and intimidating. hes quick as a whit. is that the kind of performance the white house didnt trust? >> thats one of a jillion things she was probably doing. she got through this -- show oversaw the rollout of this enormous health man date. there were problems with it. theres no questions about it. but on balance, she did a lot well. to hang on the daily show appearance and say it wasnt quite up to snuff seems self-serving. >> shes a grea...