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.

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.

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.

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

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

Let us all smile at each other for a smile is the beginning of love.

A smile is a reflection of the simplicity of the soul.

Don't wait to celebrate life until you retire, because you never know the day you will expire.

Soon, " he said in his letter. They said "soon" to each other often, and "soon" gave their plan the weight of something real.

Nah... I mean, I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into?

No candidate dares to look for a new campaign model that could really enhance the democratic process. Instead we are left with the current one which makes our candidates look like hucksters.

As art reveals the artist more than the world, so you see yourself and what you are not in the mirror of another culture.

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

...the music seems creepy, like when children sing in a horror movie

Have you ever noticed how transparent people are when you really look at them?