Dennis DeYoung

Back in 2000, I had come to a crossroads in my life, unsure about what career path I should pursue. Shepherd, bouncer, philosopher king, ventriloquist or perhaps man on the flying trapeze. Fortunately, I was guided back onto the path of the magical world of music.

American Musician

Darci Lynne Farmer

I don't really want to be known as just the puppet girl or just a singing ventriloquist. I want to be known as the performer, singer, ventriloquist, actress, Broadway star, all of it. I want do it all.

American Entertainer

Ricky Jay

I never talk much about my family, but my grandfather was friendly with these guys, with magicians and ventriloquists on the highest levels, and I was just... interested.

American Actor

Wendy Liebman

My mom was a ventriloquist and she always was throwing her voice. For ten years I thought the dog was telling me to kill my father.

American Comedian

Jeff Dunham

There are not that many ventriloquists out there who build their own characters. I love that because they are uniquely mine.

Alexander Theroux

It's true, you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway, it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.

American Novelist

Paul Winchell

Children are so used to seeing puppets that when they see a real ventriloquist they don't understand it.

Alan King

When I was a kid, I used to send away for those ventriloquist kits on the back of comic books.

Bud Luckey

People had kind of a spooky feeling about ventriloquists after 'The Twilight Zone.

American Artist

Aaron Sorkin

I do not speak through my characters; it's not a ventriloquist act.

American Screenwriter

Used primarily in entertainment, like comedy and magic shows where speech appears to come from elsewhere.

Entertainment Context

Often involves a 'dummy' or puppet that looks like a small person or animal, to which the voice is attributed.

Dummy Association

Some might think it's just 'throwing' your voice, but it's a complex skill involving speech and puppetry.

Skill Misconception

 It so happens that sight, sound, and movement already map to one another so closely, that even bad ventriloquists convince us that the dummy is talking. Movies, likewise, can convince us that the sound is coming from the actors' mouths rather than surrounding speakers. So, inwardly, we're all synesthetes,

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