Craig Ferguson Quotes

I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.
Craig Ferguson

Wait, Alcohol, Worth

Other than the laws of physics, rules have never really worked out for me.
Craig Ferguson

Physics, Rules, Worked

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck.
Craig Ferguson

Happy, Why, Try

I remember talking to someone early on after I was sober about how I suddenly felt awkward at parties. They said, 'Well, you're supposed to. Everyone feels awkward at parties.' It's an appropriate feeling to feel.
Craig Ferguson

Someone, Feeling, Remember

I think sometimes that people think brave means not being afraid, which of course it doesn't mean that at all. It means that you're afraid, but you move past that and do it anyway, do what you think is right.
Craig Ferguson

Past, Mean, Brave

I'm crazy. I know I'm crazy 'cause Desmond Tutu told me, and he's very clever. He said, 'You must free yourself, be more of who you are. Be more crazy.' And I'm going to.
Craig Ferguson

Crazy, Yourself, Free

A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.
Craig Ferguson

Friend, Started, Band

A lot of people come to L.A. looking for something. What I came here for, I realize now, is to be okay with myself.
Craig Ferguson

Here, Looking, Realize

All they teach you in drama school is how to do stage fights and be a pain in rehearsals.
Craig Ferguson

School, Pain, Stage

Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was a child.
Craig Ferguson

Time, Long, Wanted

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.
Craig Ferguson

Talk, Show, Host

For me, comedy should have a certain amount of joy in it. It should be about attacking the powerful - the politicians, the Trumps, the blowhards - going after them. We shouldn't be attacking the vulnerable.
Craig Ferguson

Powerful, Joy, After

HD doesn't mean anything to me. It's a technical thing. It's like demographics. A lot of people know about it.
Craig Ferguson

Mean, Technical

Historically, when Americans don't know what to do next, they go to Paris. Benjamin Franklin is like: 'What am I going to do now? I'll go to Paris!'
Craig Ferguson

Next, Paris, Benjamin

I aim to please. I'm nothing if not a vaudevillian.
Craig Ferguson

Nothing, Aim, Please

I always wanted to make motion pictures, ever since I was a wee boy, and I was 32, and time was marching on. I met a guy who said, 'Come out to Hollywood for 10 days, and I'll get you a deal.' So I figured, 'OK, 10 days.' On the 10th day, he got me a development deal with Disney, not for a lot of money, but it allowed me to make the move.
Craig Ferguson

Time, Money, Said

I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.
Craig Ferguson

I am reasonably happy. I didn't find Jesus or anything like that. Part of it is that I just feel that I could go home. I did not feel like that for a long time, but I could go back now.
Craig Ferguson

Time, Home, Happy

I came to America, and I made good. It's an old story, but it hasn't been told in a long time. Usually, it's, 'I'm an immigrant, I came here and got persecuted.' My story is I came here, I worked hard, and it worked out all right. So it's still available.
Craig Ferguson

Time, Good, Long

I come from a very critical culture. You know the Scots. They're always saying: 'Oh, no. It will never work. You'll never amount to anything. You've got to know your place in the world.'
Craig Ferguson

Work, Saying, Place

I do a show. It comes on late at night on TV. And if that means I'm a late-night talk show host, then I guess I am, but in every other regard I resign my commission, I don't care for it.
Craig Ferguson

Care, Night, Talk

I don't get emails from my corporate overlords.
Craig Ferguson

Corporate, Emails

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.
Craig Ferguson

Funny, Hope, Keep

I don't see my show as a stepping stone to something else like some people, who get a job then have a foot out the door looking for their next job.
Craig Ferguson

Job, Else, Show

I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word 'existentialism.'
Craig Ferguson

Teacher, School, After

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Nationality: Scottish

Born: May 17, 1962

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