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

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

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

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.

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 do laugh when I hear myself saying, 'I am a ventriloquist.' I am definitely suited to it, though. I took it and ran with it quite hungrily. It is not for everyone, but it is just the chance to write for a character.