Quotes By Craig Ferguson

I think that clearly it has an influence, to be coming of age during the punk rock era, to come from a difficult and sporadically violent background, to have been in and out of such chaos, I think it actually helps. But I don't know for sure.

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.

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.

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.'

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

It's not that we fly by the seat of our pants. We're not afraid of failure.

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.

I've been running my whole life. Running into bars, running around the world. But when you have a child, you can't run. That was a revelation.

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

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

You know, your whole life you're concerned about money for this and that. And then you don't have to worry about it, so you worry about other stuff.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!'

I wanted to be a rock star.

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.

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.

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

I've got young kids, so it suits me to do a job which keeps me in town right now.

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