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

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 quotes: 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 something that is scripted.

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 something that is scripted.

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

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

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

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 quotes: It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it.

It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it.

Nina Conti quotes: I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.

I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can't say.

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.

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 quotes: I always said I wanted to be scientist, but I didn't really have the staying power.

I always said I wanted to be scientist, but I didn't really have the staying power.

Nina Conti quotes: 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 just felt daft.

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 just felt daft.

Nina Conti quotes: I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.

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

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

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

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

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

Nina Conti quotes: Once I'm on stage, there's just no time for a sip of water - I've always got my hands in puppets! My voice is raw by the time I finish.

Once I'm on stage, there's just no time for a sip of water - I've always got my hands in puppets! My voice is raw by the time I finish.

Nina Conti quotes: Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.

Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions - I say a thing; he says the other.