Emma Thompson's Colbert Questionert
The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert
CBS
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
If you don't know her favorite smell, or what she thinks happens when we die, do you really know Emma Thompson?
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Late Show Pots show with Steven Colbert. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey everybody, you know who this is. |
| 0:12.0 | It's the lovely and talented Emma Thompson. |
| 0:14.0 | Emma, you know, I always love having you on the show. |
| 0:17.0 | You're one of my favorite guests of the last 10 years. |
| 0:19.0 | But even, you know, the number of times that we've been able to be together and talk, it's just never enough to plumb the depths |
| 0:25.1 | of what I know to be the rich life of Emma Thompson. And so I was wondering whether I could give |
| 0:30.6 | you something called the Colbert questionnaire. Mm-hmm. The Colbert questionnaire. |
| 0:34.5 | Okay. Okay. For those who don't know, |
| 0:39.0 | the Colbert questionnaire has been scientifically designed |
| 0:41.2 | to penetrate straight to the heart of someone |
| 0:42.8 | and reveal them to the world. |
| 0:44.5 | And I wonder whether you had the courage |
| 0:45.7 | to be fully known. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, it's, uh, okay. |
| 0:49.5 | Great. |
| 0:56.9 | First question. |
| 0:58.7 | Emma Thompson, what is the best sandwich? |
| 1:01.4 | Cheese. |
| 1:03.1 | Cheddar. |
| 1:04.1 | Just cheddar. Not American cheese. |
| 1:05.3 | Just cheddar. |
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