Gig Quotes by Nina Conti

The character of the monkey just grew from something out of his face and my granddad's personality. They fused, and that's what I ended…

— Nina Conti

I like my squishy, red, high-heeled Vivienne Westwood jelly shoes. They make you seem like you're much more of a go-er.

— Nina Conti

If I have a gig in the evening, I get 'the doom' at about 5 P.M., when I think I'm getting flu.

— Nina Conti

With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.

— Nina Conti

My puppets are far more liberated than I am. Ventriloquism is a useful way of expressing myself.

— Nina Conti

I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.

— Nina Conti

I will remember the night I won the New Comedy Awards, as I was young and unformed, so that sticks in the mind. I've…

— Nina Conti

I've started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas.

— Nina Conti

I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of…

— Nina Conti

I don't want to tie myself into one area or the other. I think its important not to rely heavily on either TV or…

— Nina Conti

I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English.

— Nina Conti

The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a room really…

— Nina Conti