American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot is a memoir written by entertainer Craig Ferguson.The book details various experiences over several decades in Ferguson's life from his days in Scotland through his migration to the United States; the rise of his performing career in the United Kingdom, then Hollywood, and eventual acquisition of US citizenship in early 2008. He tells about his assorted jobs as a musician in a punk rock band, a bouncer, a construction worker, comic and actor along the way, as well as his struggle with alcoholism, past recreational drug use, and contemplation of suicide at a low point in his life.
“America is, for me, an aspiration, a philosophy, a way of being, a dream.”
American on Purpose (2009)
Source: [Greta, Van Susteren, http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2009/09/22/why-craig-ferguson-american-purpose.html, Why Craig Ferguson Is 'American on Purpose', On the Record, Fox News, 22 September 2009, 12 October 2017]
“Appear tougher or cooler or funnier than you feel and there is a chance you’ll make it.”
American on Purpose (2009)
