Stephen Colbert

Best sandwich?

Summer: tomato sandwich on white bread, salt & pepper, mayo, eaten over the sink. The rest of the year: hot pastrami on rye, maybe with a little coleslaw (asked by Billy Crystal)

What was your first concert?

Chuck Mangione in 1977 (asked by Weird Al Yankovic)

What is the scariest animal?

Trapdoor spider (asked by Josh Brolin)

Apples or oranges?

Apples — because you can't put peanut butter on an orange (asked by Martha Stewart)

Have you ever asked someone for their autograph?

Yes. Steve Martin (asked by Mark Hamill)

What do you think happens when we die?

Some continuance of some kind, a dispersion of oneself into some kind of being (asked by Jim Gaffigan)

Favorite action movie?

Raiders of the Lost Ark (asked by Jeff Daniels)

Window or aisle?

Aisle (asked by Tiffany Haddish)

Favorite smell?

Kai Rose lotion (asked by Evie Colbert)

Least favorite smell?

Rancid sugar combined with cooking grease (asked by Amy Sedaris)

Earliest memory?

Two-part answer: my mom on a short ladder painting a room brown when I was three, and I was telling her about my dream the night before — an albino King Kong marauding throughout the city (asked by Ben Stiller)

Cats or dogs?

Dogs (asked by Aubrey Plaza)

You get one song to listen to for the rest of your life: what is it?

Song Without Words in E Major, Op. 19 No. 1 by Mendelssohn, performed by Glenn Gould (asked by James Taylor)

What number am I thinking of?

Three (asked by Robert De Niro)

Describe the rest of your life in 5 words.

My family, my friends, fun (asked by John Dickerson)