American on Purpose (2009) (edit title/settings)

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• Craig Ferguson: Scottish man famous for Saving Grace and hosting the Late Late Show.
• Bing Hitler: One of Craig's characters.
• Peter Capaldi: singer of The Dreamboys, first band Craig was a part of
• Anne: 1st wife
• Rick: Craig's old manager
• Robbie: Craig's "not gay" roommate
• Sascha: 2nd wife
• Johnny Carson: Craig's idol
• Megan: girl who went to the White House dinner with him
• Lynn: Craig's sister
• Milo: Craig's son he had with Sascha
• Gunka James: favorite uncle, took him to a record store to get an album
• Tommy: book character
• Robert Feguson: Craig's father
• Janet Ferguson: Craig's mother
• Janice: Craig's sister
• Scott: Craig's brother
• Gillia: Craig's first real girlfriend

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• “...my father never really spoke about things he couldn’t have, he found it pointless. I understand, I’m the same way. I never go window-shopping, unless it’s for windows.”

  Craig Ferguson

• “I totally subscribe to the notion that alcoholism is a mental illness because thinking like that is clearly insane.”

  Craig Ferguson

• “I'm always a bit shy around evil people”

  Craig Ferguson

• “I believe in a constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.”

  Craig Ferguson

• “It seemed that I performed better sober than drunk. Who knew?”

  Craig Ferguson

• “I didn't flee a dictator or swim an ocean to be an American like some do. I just thought long and hard about it.”

  Craig Ferguson

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

  Craig Ferguson

• “Sometimes they would just pay me to stay home and not do anything else, which sounds fantastic but doesn't do much for your ego. It's probably a little like getting alimony--the money is nice but has a nasty aftertaste.”

  Craig Ferguson

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• My son and I are Americans, we prepare for glory by failing until we don’t.

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• I think when you become a parent you go from being a star in the movie of your own life to a supporting player in the movie of someone else’s.

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• I sometimes wonder if fear isn’t just God’s way of saying, ‘Pay attention, this could be fun.’”

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• Americans taught me failure was only something you went through on the way to success, not just in the sense of career or wealth but as a person. I learned that failure is only failure, and that it can be useful, spun into a story that will make people laugh, and maybe every once in a while give a message of hope to others who might need some.

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• I have an addictive personality, I’ll try anything a hundred times just to make sure I don’t like it.

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• Violence of any kind, once it starts, is like fucking a gorilla—you ain’t done till the gorilla’s done.

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• “If you truly listen to what the other actors are saying, everyone will think you’re a fucking genius, dear.”

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• I am the child of two parents and two countries. My mother put the blue in my eyes and my father gave me grit. Scotland made me what I am and America let me be it.

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• Strip clubs don’t appeal to me for the same reason. If I was inclined to seek the company of a bunch of angry drunk women who hated me, wanted all my money, and were determined to tease me but not have sex with me, I would just open a bar in Edinburgh.

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• William Blake wrote that “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom,”

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• Glasgow
• Scotland
• London
• America
• Cumbernauld
• Edinburgh
• U.k.
• Hollywood
• Britain
• San Francisco
• Los Angeles
• Montreal
• England
• Roswell
• East Village
• Kelvingrove Park
• Harlem
• Paris
• Vancouver
• Manhattan
• Dunwich
• Moscow
• California
• New York
• France
• United Kingdom

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Craig Ferguson (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• Amazon.com's Best Books (2009: Editors' Picks, #91)

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 791.45028092

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Television Performers
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Entertainers
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
• Books › Entertainment

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