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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Stephen Colbert<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about his career.<\/p>\n The 60-year-old Late Night<\/em> host got candid in a cover story for Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/em>, out now.<\/p>\n During the conversation, he spoke about transitioning to a late night TV show, asking his guests about their early gigs, and whether he\u2019d ever return to acting again.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n On making his transition to late night:<\/strong> \u201cI was determined to not do a monologue. I thought, \u2018I\u2019m not a stand-up. I\u2019m an actor.\u2019 And then I fell in love with the monologue. You just need to relax, have a good time, and follow your instincts in terms of the stories you\u2019re interested in.\u201d<\/p>\n On questioning guests about their early jobs: <\/strong>\u201cThere are some young people who got very successful very early, and obviously I wish them ill. But I love the people who had to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n On interviewing politicians and the upcoming election:<\/strong> \u201cWith politicians, I feel a different obligation to ask the questions that I want to ask, not the questions they want to be asked. It\u2019s not like I want to be adversarial, but when you interview a politician, you can\u2019t edit anything they want you to edit.\u201d <\/p>\n On the upcoming 2024 election: <\/strong>\u201cWhen the election\u2019s going on, there\u2019s this news story every day. Everyone pretty much knows what the story is. You don\u2019t have to explain much to them. Everybody cares, and nobody dies.\u201d <\/p>\n On the 2020 election: <\/strong>\u201cEverybody cared, but people did die \u2014 not just in the attacks on Jan. 6, but a million people died because of the negligence in the response to COVID. So, this time around, the stakes are very high, and we\u2019re having trouble agreeing on what the story is.\u201d <\/p>\n On returning to acting:<\/strong> \u201cIt\u2019s not like I want to drop the hammer on this woodshed that we work in here and go run off back to the footlights. But if there\u2019s something that I used to do that I don\u2019t do anymore, it\u2019s acting. I miss that.\u201d<\/p>\n Find out which late night shows have been renewed and cancelled in 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n