Craig Ferguson Quotes

• I have a deep and profound mistrust of all politicians.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Politics

• I think comedy as an art involves the audience as a participant as much as is involves the artist.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Art

• Why do people do things that they fear? It may be that the fear contains information. Something can be interesting if you get to the other side of that fear.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Fear

  Tags in People, Information, Interesting

• After all this time I found that the novel is in fact punk rock.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Writing

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Best, Nice, Thought

• 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

  Topics in Risk

  Tags in Myself, Possibilities

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happy, Reasonably, Feel

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Powerful, Together, Impact

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

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thought, Drinking

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Friend, Started

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

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Proved, Satisfaction

• I realized women and humor were linked very closely.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Realized, Women

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Brave, Afraid

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Powerful, Comedy, Attacking

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Happy, Kind, Honest

• 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.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Running, Revelation, World

• 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

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Everything, Kind

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Opposite, Night

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Mean, Technical

• My pilot’s license. I’m proud of that.

  Craig Ferguson

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Proud, License

Craig Ferguson (61)

Birth:	17th May, 1962
Nationality:	American, Scottish
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Film Director, Producer, Television Presenter, Writer

About

Craig Ferguson was born in Springburn, Glasgow. He is a Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, film director and producer. He was the host of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, an Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody Award-winning late-night talk show that aired on CBS from 2005 to 2014. He began hosting the syndicated Celebrity Name Game in September 2014. He moved to the United States where he found success in the role of Nigel Wick on The Drew Carey Show. He has also written two books: Between the Bridge and the River, a novel, and American on Purpose, a memoir.

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