There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
My rule of thumb is to always do what's on the page first. Then you can talk to your director about playing… — Michaela Watkins Copy Share Image
I always hankered to be a composer - I was mad about music, though I never studied seriously, and can't read a… — Conrad Aiken Copy Share Image
I like doing live things and plays. You can perfect the laugh or extend the laugh, you can get them on a… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I love to improvise, but I always thought "Man, it's like the final frontier for improvisational actors, to really go for something… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
It's an example of when three people think something's brilliant and one thinks it's terrible. I suppose that's what improvising can be… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
The improv technique does one of two things. It either makes you raise your game, or retreat into a corner and decide… — Tom Hollander Copy Share Image
You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
Jazz is all about improvisation and it's about the moment in time, doing it this way now, and you'll never do it… — Brian McKnight Copy Share Image
The real art of what we do, at least back in the old-school days, was improv. If you were a great worker,… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Improv plays such a huge role in finding great lines - you'll be surprised at what comes out of your mind inadvertently.… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of… — James Beard Copy Share Image
They were looking for actors - real actors - who could play instruments. There was a lot of improvisation and scene work… — Micky Dolenz Copy Share Image
I like to improvise so much live because I get bored playing the same thing over again. It's like the kid at… — Jim Root Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the objecthood of music being destabilized by process and things like improvisation. That's what empowers us; that's… — Vijay Iyer Copy Share Image
Michael Ian Black wears many hats. He's a stand-up comedian, a comedic actor, he's now a writer-director so he knew how to… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Jazz is improvisation and syncopation, with resilience and flow, with earthy elegance, nuance and subtlety, with the integrity of individual expression within… — Greg Thomas Copy Share Image
I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right… — Chris Gethard Copy Share Image
I don't even think you should tell the audience you're improvising. It's like an apology in case it's bad : 'we're just… — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they're connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in terms… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
When I got a call to do the voice of Johnny in an episode of 'American Dad' titled 'I Can't Stan You,'… — Paul Butcher Copy Share Image
Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
The problem that I have is with the music business. For some reason it seems almost impossible to get anything, any music,… — Jan Hammer Copy Share Image
Well David "Fathead" Newman was my first experience with improvisation. When I saw him play for the first time I realized that… — Roy Hargrove Copy Share Image
There was a lot of improvisation on 'Step Brothers.' I remember it being really frightening, and it took me a long time… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
Improvisation, it is a mystery. You can write a book about it, but by the end no one still knows what it… — Stephane Grappelli Copy Share Image
And more than anything, I like the improvisation of jazz. That's the same thing with DJ-ing. There's so much improvisation you can… — DJ Jazzy Jeff Copy Share Image
If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and… — J. Richard Hackman Copy Share Image
When you're writing, you're putting thought into what you want to express, and then you come up with it - it comes… — Catherine O'Hara Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan's one of the greatest blues singers of the western world; ancient art, on-the-spot improvisation, mind quickness, endless variation, classical formulae,… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“In life, most of us are highly skilled at suppressing action. All the improvisation teacher has to do is to reverse this… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I had two starts, really. The first was going to the Italia Conti stage school, aged 15. I'd gone to sing, but… — Lesley Manville Copy Share Image
Now jamming - which is about collaborative improvisation - has to do with getting people together to be creative musically. But it… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I started in documentaries, and that was a great help to me with improvisation, because with documentaries, you're handed a big lump… — Thelma Schoonmaker Copy Share Image
I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. You can't blame it on the… — Jonathan Winters Copy Share Image
Through improvisation, jazz teaches you about yourself. And through swing, it teaches you that other people are individuals too. It teaches you… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
What people think improvisation is and non-improvisation is, it's nothing to do with what you like or dislike. It's all about how… — Isabelle Huppert Copy Share Image
I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I always made up music. Since I was… — Cassandra Wilson Copy Share Image
