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.

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

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 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 looked into studying psychoanalysis, wrote to the governing body and was about to start the year where they psychoanalyse you, four times a week, before you get to do it yourself. I just thought I'd taken the ventriloquism as far as I could. My act is so deconstructive, and I'd made all the monkey jokes anyone wanted to hear.

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.