Nina Conti Quotes
- With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.
- My dad is a much more flamboyant character than I am. I think that's why I couldn't see myself going into straight acting. I always…
- I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for some people, but…
- I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.
- My puppets are far more liberated than I am. Ventriloquism is a useful way of expressing myself.
- Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.
- I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand hole; I had…
- I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.