Quotes by Craig Ferguson

About Craig Ferguson:

Craig Ferguson is a Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, producer and voice artist. 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. Ferguson began hosting the syndicated Celebrity Name Game in September 2014.
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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

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

It's the beauty and curse of doing a daily show. Some days you've got nothing to talk about and other days Dick Cheney shoots his lawyer in the face and everyone is happy.

Craig Ferguson

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

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

I realized women and humor were linked very closely.

Craig Ferguson

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

Scotland is a much lighter and more fun place than I thought it was. I was miserable when I was there. But it wasn't Scotland's fault. It was my circumstances. I was - I hate to say the word humbled - but that's what it felt like. I was wrong about t...

Craig Ferguson

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

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

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

Craig Ferguson

Is it really that important? It's just television, for God's sake. It's not medicine or something.

Craig Ferguson

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

Craig Ferguson

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

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.

Craig Ferguson

There's just a feeling you get from certain things you do in life that just kind of feel pure and independent of what's actually, physically, going on.

Craig Ferguson

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

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

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameCraig Ferguson
  • DescriptionScottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice artist
  • BornMay 17, 1962
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Television Presenter; Author; Novelist; Screenwriter