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

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.

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

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

I think I've got it pretty easy compared with somebody who works at a desk nine to five. I'm just working for an hour in the evening. I get a bit breathless, as I have to talk non-stop because of the puppets.

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

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