The character of the monkey just grew from something out of his face and my granddad's personality. They fused, and that's what… — Nina Conti Belonged Copy Share Image
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 Jelly Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
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 Acting Copy Share Image
My puppets are far more liberated than I am. Ventriloquism is a useful way of expressing myself. — Nina Conti Am Copy Share Image
I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the… — Nina Conti Awful Copy Share Image
I will remember the night I won the New Comedy Awards, as I was young and unformed, so that sticks in the… — Nina Conti Albert Copy Share Image
I've started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas. — Nina Conti Four Copy Share Image
I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the… — Nina Conti About Copy Share Image
I don't want to tie myself into one area or the other. I think its important not to rely heavily on either… — Nina Conti Area Copy Share Image
I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English. — Nina Conti English Copy Share Image
The most satisfaction I get is from doing a good gig, which really makes you feel in control. If you've worked a… — Nina Conti Along Copy Share Image
I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say. — Nina Conti Could Copy Share Image
If I'm on my own, I'll speak to 'Monkey' to generate new stuff for the act. I mean, I don't do it… — Nina Conti Act Copy Share Image
Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other. — Nina Conti Having Copy Share Image
I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an… — Nina Conti Actor Copy Share Image
I think I've got it pretty easy compared with somebody who works at a desk nine to five. I'm just working for… — Nina Conti Because Copy Share Image
I looked into studying psychoanalysis, wrote to the governing body and was about to start the year where they psychoanalyse you, four… — Nina Conti About Copy Share Image
When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I… — Nina Conti About Copy Share Image
My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight… — Nina Conti Acting Copy Share Image
The way I talk to the puppets is real, and it's in the moment, and it's seeing what will happen. It's not… — Nina Conti Happen Copy Share Image
I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand… — Nina Conti Baby Copy Share Image
I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for… — Nina Conti Acting Copy Share Image
I do laugh when I hear myself saying, 'I am a ventriloquist.' I am definitely suited to it, though. I took it… — Nina Conti Am Copy Share Image
Acting is seductive. It looks so much fun. I did dally with other things. I did pupillage in a law firm, but… — Nina Conti Acting Copy Share Image
