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

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

I like my squishy, red, high-heeled Vivienne Westwood jelly shoes. They make you seem like you're much more of a go-er.

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

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

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

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.