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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.