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Nina Conti

English

June 5, 1974

Actress

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My puppets are far more liberated than I am. Ventriloquism is a useful way of expressing myself.

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

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

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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.

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I'm training to become a giggle doctor. It's a kind of hospital clown who changes the atmosphere on the ward and helps recovery. It's about making patients laugh but also much more.

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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.

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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.

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