Improvisation Quotes · Page 4

[Improvisation ] is been with me all my life. We all do it.

— Pauline Oliveros

I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.

— Michael Bay

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation.

— Henry Threadgill

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.

— Paul Simon

The idea of just improvising and riffing can sometimes be at the expense of story.

— Jim Rash

Improvisation has never been my strong point.

— Scarlett Johansson

Most of the time I'm thinking, I'm glad that scene was improvised.

— Larry David

Improvisation is the ability to talk to oneself.

— Cecil Taylor

If you just want to be a writer, I don't care, for pitching, for writing dialogue, you should take an improvisation class.…

— Thomas Lennon

To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.

— Andrea Bocelli

“Life was about improvisation. The scripted operations were the ones that usually went wrong.”

— David Ignatius

Many people do think it's naive to improvise in front of paying customers. I'm not saying one way is better than another.

— Lee Konitz

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.

— Erika M. Anderson

Improvisation is not the expression of accident but rather of the accumulated yearnings, dreams and wisdom of our very soul.

— Yehudi Menuhin

If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and…

— Zach Woods

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got…

— Albert Brooks

The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be…

— Chuck Cannon

It's a very collaborative environment [making The Office]. We always do takes of how it's scripted, but then we also mix it…

— Ed Helms

My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith…

— John Zorn

But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or…

— Alan Arkin

I do love improvisation, I love when I find an object in my studio or kitchen (look, a tea sample's tiny glass…

— Signe Baumane

The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little…

— David Steinberg

It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which…

— Fred Willard

I miss improv. I hate it in a way - watching it, doing it - but only because it's so challenging and…

— Ilana Glazer

I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do…

— Chris Tucker

When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect…

— Amy Poehler

I think with improv - and I say it all the time because it's become such a catch thing that you talk…

— Vince Vaughn

I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed…

— Wynton Marsalis

Within a capitalist corporation, someone says, "Lend me a wrench," and someone asks, "Yeah, what do I get?" You assume that the…

— David Graeber

I learned at a very young age that music teaches you about life. When you're in the midst of improvisation, there is…

— Charlie Haden

An improv artist's best instrument is their ability keep their antennae clean so they're able to receive what I call the connection…

— Reggie Watts

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it;…

— Warren G. Bennis

You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.

— J. B. Smoove

We did very little improvisation on camera, and once in a while we did.

— Peter Tork

The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation!

— Barry Harris

Too much improvisation leaves the mind stupidly void.

— Victor Hugo

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

— Kristen Wiig

I'm really keen to try things. I love improvisation. It's quite exciting.

— Tcheky Karyo

To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.

— Jim Rash

“Only he who is well prepared has any opportunity to improvise.”

— Ingmar Bergman