Maggie Q Quotes

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk.

The first time I was on Letterman, I was, like, 20 years old, and I was on a show called 'Camping with Barry White Night.'

Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.

I never wanted to he just a housewife. I was too restless.

The goal is doing stand-up on TV somewhere, which is what I'm working on. Something on latenight or Comedy Central, but - I dunno, something. It could happen, it could not happen.

A lot of ones I've really chased and wanted - as a comic, I've always wanted to do a 'Mock The Week' - it's always discussed, but for whatever reason it doesn't happen.

Football's no different from any other workplace. If you're not doing the job you think you're capable of, it's frustrating. And I'm aiming for the stars. I'm not content with being in the shadows.

I was a fan of "The Daily Show" I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression.

I remember, one teacher in Year 11 asked the class what everyone wanted to do when they grow up, and I said, 'I want to be a professional wrestler.' The teacher laughed and said to be serious.

Question Time' had been on my fantasy bucket list for some time. Of all the jobs in broadcasting that's the job I knew I wanted to do.

It's a pleasure to be doing a show for Comedy Central. Traditional networks would cast me as the head of a household with 16 children, which I find extremely offensive because there are 18 kids in my family.

I look at goals, like, what do I want to do and where do I want to see myself. What position to I want to be in going forward.

I used to be on a live show with Caroline Flack, and I think I only got on that because I was a comic in Spain and ended up getting on well with her.

Ever since I started all of this TV weirdness, I just tried to make each year better than before professionally.

I asked myself whether I would be happy with limited playing time and I decided that wasn't good enough for me.

I do not want to be a journeyman.

It can be a detriment to yourself to not be working, but at the same time, you want to hold true to what you're wanting to be working on.

I went to New York to be a model. That's all I wanted to be.

I started modelling at the age of 16 and always aspired to be an actor. But my family only agreed to it on the condition that I would not let my studies suffer because of my work.

I can't say that while I sat at my desk cold calling or trying to help people re-mortgage that playing for England was a real achievable goal.

I grew up practically getting into this business because of David Letterman. I wanted to do comedy-based interviews.

I just wanted to be an actor. I was hoping for opportunities to unveil, and I wanted to make the most of whatever came my way.

I've been obsessed with David Letterman forever, and I'd love to be the drag version of David Letterman.

Of course, as a kid, I had no idea what was practical: I wanted to be a paleontologist, then an astronaut.

I wanted to be a journalist. The other thing I wanted to be was a spy.