Nina Conti People Quotations

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

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

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

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession.

So many actors are lively-minded, creative people who just tread water in this awful way, waiting for the phone to ring and doing their hair for auditions. It feels like a bit of a dreamer's life - as opposed to a sensible ventriloquist's life.