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

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.

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

Come on guys, you cant fight like this forever""Actually, " Simon said, raising his hand, "I can".Jace made a weird noise and I realized he was trying not to laugh-which by the way, wasn't working.

Desire is the straw that stirs the drink.

We should not expect everyone to be tough and not feel anything when offended. No one is meant to hate and be hated — we are all meant to love and be loved.

I grew up with a family that had very little and were at times homeless.

In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living. They took place in solitude.

Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy.

Until we find the meaning of the stories in our lives we're destined to wander in a wilderness even though we're in a promised land.

Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute.

I lost my temper on stage.

It’s Adrian Ivashkov logic. Don’t try to understand it. Just roll with it.