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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

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I do a show. It comes on late at night on TV. And if that means I'm a late-night talk show host, then I guess I am, but in every other regard I resign my commission, I don't care for it. 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

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

Nothing Aim Please

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 Word Argument Out High High School Had Dropped Over Huge After Meaning Meaning Of English English Teacher

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

War Go Scotland America Afraid Sworn

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

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The wedding took place in Vermont, where they have legalized gay civil unions, and I married a woman. Craig Ferguson

Gay Woman Unions Took Married Civil Wedding Vermont Where Place

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

Me Having Idea Australians Just Upset Awful

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

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If you're filming a scene on horseback, if you're trying to control an animal that's much larger than you and trying to get it to do the exact same thing so you can match things up, that can get tricky, especially if the horse gets tired or angry or something. Daniel Portman

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I'm a point of conversation for my friends. Daniel Portman

Conversation Point Friends

If someone is nice enough to come up to you and tell you how much they enjoy your work, and all they want in return is to take a photograph and for you to chat for five minutes, then I am delighted to do that. Daniel Portman

It's not always been a happy marriage. I guess I wanted a quick fix. David Byrne

Happy Marriage Guess Always Been Quick Fix Wanted Happy Marriage

I subscribe to the myth that an artist's creativity comes from torment. Once that's fixed, what do you draw on? David Byrne

You Creativity Myth Subscribe Once Draw Torment Fixed Artist

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then. David Byrne

Frank Lloyd Wright... his things were beautiful but not very functional. David Byrne

Beautiful Frank Frank Lloyd Wright Wright Were His Very Functional Things

I'd like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit. David Byrne

Big Guy More Like Known Than Being Suit

Why not invest in the future of music, instead of building fortresses to preserve its past? David Byrne

Music Future Building Past Invest Instead Why Why Not Preserve

I wanted to be a secret agent and an astronaut, preferably at the same time. David Byrne

Time Secret Secret Agent Astronaut Same Same Time Wanted Agent

I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It's getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert when riding on the streets as opposed to riding on the Hudson River bike path or similar protected lanes. David Byrne

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