Improv Quotes · Page 2

I'm gonna be pretty honest; there wasn't a lot of improv allowed on 'Eclipse.'

— Justin Chon

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.

— J. B. Smoove

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst.

— Melissa Peterman

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.

— Darren Boyd

I will say I miss teaching improv way more than I miss performing improv.

— Chris Gethard

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

— Christopher Guest

I love goofing off and being awkward. I have always enjoyed improv.

— Sam Palladio

What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.

— Chris O'Dowd

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 don't really do scales... I mean, I play parts of them, but then I bail and start playing parts of other…

— Joe Bonamassa

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

A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines,…

— Hayden Schlossberg

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

That is what sucks about improv a little bit, is that some of the funniest stuff actually can't be in the film…

— Molly Gordon

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to…

— Diedrich Bader

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

— Carly Craig

In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup,…

— John Oliver

After going to theater school, and then subsequently dropping out, I would say that when I first went to Chicago and learned…

— Thomas Middleditch

I've trained primarily in Meisner Technique, and I've done a little bit of Groundlings and Upright Citizens Brigade just to get my…

— Scottie Thompson

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 was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest…

— Scott Aukerman

'24' is a pretty serious show - there isn't a lot of improv that is happening. Having said that, I do play…

— Mary Lynn Rajskub

I was on the improv team in high school, and after I graduated, I joined an improv company that had been established…

— Tatiana Maslany

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

— Zach Woods

Taking improv has helped every other aspect of my field.

— Ben Schwartz

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

— Mo Collins

I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.

— John Oliver

So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny.

— Ben Falcone

In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.

— Laurel Van Ness

You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.

— Matt Besser

With 'The Crazy Ones,' we were really encouraged to improv and go off script.

— James Wolk

That was a huge part of my training, doing improv in Chicago.

— Vanessa Bayer

All my dance moves are improv. I just make them up on the spot.

— Post Malone

I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.

— Kim Gordon

We're an improv group and a sketch comedy group called the Tenderloins, that's our alter ego.

— James Murray

We come from a live background of sketch improv and standup.

— Drew Scott

I've been doing improv since high school, and I've been getting paid for it since I was 20.

— Scott Adsit

To a crowd that loves improv, Robin Williams is like Chuck Berry.

— Chris Gethard

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

— Vinny Guadagnino