Quotes by Craig Ferguson

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

Courage

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

— Craig Ferguson

Hope

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

Education

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

Wisdom

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

— Craig Ferguson

Success

It's very interesting to know what people are doing while you're working on late-night television.

— Craig Ferguson

Success

I'm not aware of having a creepy laugh, but apparently I do.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

Success

I've started looking at my own father a bit funny. He assures me, though, that I really am the son of a Scottish postman.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

I'm a terrible interviewer. I'm not a journalist - although I have a Peabody Award - and I'm not really a late-night host. What I am is honest.

— Craig Ferguson

Truth

If we are now holding late-night talk-show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergymen, I'm out. I'm gone.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

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

Happiness

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

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

The idea of having Australians upset at me is just awful.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

They were singing, Gillette, the best a man can get, with a lot of guys hugging their fathers and sailing and riding bikes. I suddenly felt a long way from the best a man could get and I thought it would be nice to get from there to the best.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

I used to psych myself up before the show and now I do the complete opposite: I psych myself down. It's 12:30 at night, you don't want some guy yelling at you. You want some guy just talking to you.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

It's like, it's kind of like if you ever had a car and it was a bit of a clunker but you love it, that's my show. It's a bit of a clunker but I know where everything is and I like it.

— Craig Ferguson

Love

When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a lot of what he said to me had power and impact. Apart from that, I just like him.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom

I'm reading a book, because I'm brainy. No, it is a book - if you don't know, it is like a blog except bigger.

— Craig Ferguson

Wisdom