I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: "I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent." That makes me just die inside.

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

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

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.

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