Nina Conti

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.

English Actress

David Wenham

I always loved putting on shows - when you're the youngest of seven and five are older sisters, you've got to get noticed somehow! I did puppet shows and magic shows... even ventriloquism. My doll's name was 'Dan,' and I used to write these scripts, and my schoolmate hid under the table and supplied Dan's voice.

Australian Actor

Darci Lynne Farmer

I'm always going to have the puppets, probably not for the rest of my life, but I'm not going to stop doing ventriloquism anytime soon. I'm just going to add singing, recording songs, and maybe playing in a TV show.

American Entertainer

That was my goal going on 'AGT,' was to keep ventriloquism alive and get it more common, to put it out in the open so kids like me who wanted to pursue it as a passion... can do it.

Jeff Dunham

But the mechanics of learning to 'throw your voice' are pretty simple. Anyone with a tongue, an upper palate, teeth, and a normal speaking voice can learn ventriloquism.

American Comedian

Georg C. Lichtenberg

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

German Scientist

Ventriloquism kind of helped me find my voice. It's really helped me come out of my shell.

I love singing - singing was basically kind of my passion before ventriloquism.

Illeana Douglas

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

American Actress

Paul Winchell

I think television defeats ventriloquism.

Ventriloquism is often used by entertainers like comedians and magicians to amuse audiences.

Performance Art

Learning ventriloquism involves practicing voice manipulation and puppetry, which takes time and patience.

Skill Development

A ventriloquist usually creates different voices for characters to make the performance more engaging.