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Top 15 Nina Conti Quotes (2025 Update)

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

1. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can’t say.”

2. “I could never be on stage on my own. But puppets can say things that humans can’t say.”

Nina Conti Quote: “I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand hole; I had to flick the mouth down to get words out.”

3. “I had a terrible dream when I was pregnant; I dreamt the baby had a ventriloquial mouth, but there was no hand hole; I had to flick the mouth down to get words out.”

Nina Conti Quote: “I like my squishy, red, high-heeled Vivienne Westwood jelly shoes. They make you seem like you’re much more of a go-er.”

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

Nina Conti Quote: “I make napkins talk in restaurants, socks talk on car journeys. There is an awful lot of puppetry going on in the house.”

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

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

6. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

7. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I’m with Scottish people, I realise I’m English.”

8. “I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I’m with Scottish people, I realise I’m English.”

Nina Conti Quote: “Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions – I say a thing; he says the other.”

9. “Having a puppet is a way of having opposing opinions – I say a thing; he says the other.”

Nina Conti Quote: “I thought people would think I only wanted to be an actor because my dad was, rather than because I had an innate calling.”

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

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

11. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “With acting, I always felt like I didn’t have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.”

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

Nina Conti Quote: “I’ve started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas.”

13. “I’ve started running three or four times a week, which prompts millions of sketch ideas.”

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

15. “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.”

Nina Conti Quote: “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.”

16. “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.”

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