I improvised my life along the way - I just moved…

My career has moved a step at a time and I have always tried to give my best to every project that I do.

— Bhumika Chawla

“Where science is a dignified waltz in three-quarter time, magic is an improvised saxophone solo: all gut checks and synchronicities.”

— Michael G. Williams

The first feature film I did, when I did 'Night Shift,' I improvised quite a bit because I would improvise at the audition, so…

— Michael Keaton

We played around and improvised a ton [in The Hangover], and I think it's hard to say at this point what's what. Gosh, I…

— Ed Helms

On 'Sin Nombre,' Adriano Goldman and I improvised a lot of things on-site. We were working with untrained actors, and you can't really block…

— Cary Fukunaga

In the U.K., classical music is composed by individuals and written down. Indian music is based on certain sequences called ragas. When I perform…

— Ravi Shankar

I left school and couldn't find acting work, so I started going to clubs where you could do stand-up. I've always improvised, and stand-up…

— Robin Williams

I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.

— Jamie Lidell

I've always been a jazz fan, but I don't write much about jazz, because I don't have the chops. But it's really, really hard…

— Robert Christgau

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.

— Christopher Guest

Touring with King Crimson wasn't a lot of fun for me. I had a lot of equipment, and when I was in improvised music…

— Jamie Muir

You work very hard on the lyrics. Getting them to fit the contours of improvised melodies.

— Kurt Elling

I wasn't a jazz player, but a classical musician, and I improvised arrangements of popular songs using classical motifs.

— Nina Simone

“Marriage is something we make from available materials. In this sense it’s improvised, it’s almost offhand. Maybe this is why we know so little…

— Don DeLillo

I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and…

— Mose Allison