Improv Quotes · Page 2

Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who…

— Steven Wright

I've never done stand-up in my life. I don't know if that's entirely interesting, but I came up in improv.

— Sam Richardson

When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.

— Zach Woods

There are dozens and dozens of improv classes across the nation, but it really cannot be taught.

— Christopher Guest

When I started doing improv in Chicago, for every five teams, one or two would have one woman.

— Matt Walsh

We did sketch comedy, performed live improv, and then we made the transition to TV with 'Impractical Jokers.'

— Joe Gatto

Soccer is the most improvisational sport. There are no set plays. And in soccer, as in improv, you are trying to find…

— Brendan Hunt

Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'

— Reid Scott

I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape…

— Carly Craig

When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny…

— Michael Keaton

The thing that's frustrating about improv is that even if you have the best show in the world, it's over when it's…

— Michelle Wolf

I'm definitely not frowning on improv; I mean, I've been doing it for years. I just think that there's some styles of…

— Thomas Middleditch

I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking…

— Bill Hader

All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're…

— Albert Brooks

I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it…

— Hannibal Buress

I started taking improv in 2012 per the urging of my managers and agents at the time and I was a little…

— Ego Nwodim

We have over an hour of footage with Ken Marino. Same with Kevin Smith. Because you never know, when you let people…

— Lauren Miller

“The greatest thing I learned while taking classes at Second City was the very first thing they taught: 'Yes, and...'. In improv,…

— Jason Seiden

I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv.

— CM Punk

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett…

— Ashley McBryde

I think I've been really lucky to be able to improv in a lot of my jobs.

— Megan Stalter

I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face.…

— Brea Grant

Improv Olympics, Second City are some of the most tolerant, accepting people. They're like circus folk. They're freaks themselves.

— Matt Walsh

I think, in a way, the stand-up prepped me for the improv, because I do a lot of riffing in my stand-up.

— Paul F. Tompkins

I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are…

— Jonathan Levine

Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.

— Nicole Byer

Improv. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running.

— Robin Williams

I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!

— Rachel Parris

We're improv comedians, we're not necessarily actors, we don't come across that way.

— Joe Gatto

I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.

— Paris Jackson

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

— Elizabeth Olsen

I love comedy and did a lot of comedy in college. I was in an improv comedy group with my friends.

— Kevin Rahm

The thing I love about YouTube is it's almost like having an instant audience for improv.

— David Hewlett

I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life.

— Vinny Guadagnino

I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it.

— Matt Walsh

Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was…

— Nick Swardson

After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.'

— Fred Willard

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it.

— Jillian Bell

Some of the people I've met in those first few weeks of even trying improv classes are still my friends now -…

— Lauren Ash

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.

— Amy Sedaris