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 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

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

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 am probably a pseudo-intellectual.
Craig Ferguson

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

I have no ambitions beyond being comfortable in what I do for a living - and earning a living.
Craig Ferguson

Living, Beyond, Earning

I have to do a show which is of interest to me, or else I'm lost.
Craig Ferguson

Lost, Else, Show

I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained.
Craig Ferguson

Hope, Art, Yourself

I proved to my own satisfaction that I am madder than I think.
Craig Ferguson

I realized women and humor were linked very closely.
Craig Ferguson

Humor, Women, Realized

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.
Craig Ferguson

Sense, Comedy, Low

I think I'm just someone that just tries to get by. I'm kind of - if it was during the Second World War, I'd be a black marketeer, I think.
Craig Ferguson

War, Someone, Black

I try and live my life in bite-size chunks.
Craig Ferguson

Life, Live, Try

I wanted to be a rock star.
Craig Ferguson

Rock, Wanted, Star

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Born: May 17, 1962

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