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

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

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 just felt daft.

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

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 to flick the mouth down to get words out.

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

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

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

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.

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

Why is it that married people always say "Come in" when everything they do says "Get out"? They talk about their miseries and then ask you why you're unmarried.

Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful? 'Cause there's a hole where your soul should be, you're losing control of it, and it's really distasteful.

Happyish. Well, happyish isn't so bad.' 'It's the most we can hope for.

a personality devoted uniquely to its own development absorbs other lives.

If thy words are wise, they will not seem so to the foolish: if they are deep the shallow will not appreciate them. Think not highly of thyself, then, when thou art praised by many.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

I feel like people who become writers are people who have been saved by books.

Life is not yours to take.

It's weird to have to look at another co-worker and have a silent discussion - any discussion - about how you are going to touch their genitals or allow them to touch your genitals.

Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings