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

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

Because I'm around comedians all the time, in my downtime I tend not to watch comedy. Something the whole family enjoys is 'You've Been Framed!' It satisfies all of us. It's universal, and we all laugh a lot.

With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.

I think acting is overrated. I'm not sure I enjoyed it. You never get to write your own roles. It's wonderful for some people, but I found it nerve-wracking. I was too busy worrying that no one would give me their words to speak.

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.