Improv Quotes · Page 2

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

— Kim Gordon

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

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

— James Wolk

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

— J. B. Smoove

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

— Joe Gatto

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

— Robin Williams

Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.

— Lauren Lapkus

I can rap. Not openly in the world, but it's important that people know! I can rap for a very specific reason,…

— Allison Williams

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 love improv. 'Crazy, Stupid, Love,' the script was really great, but the directors were open to letting you try different things.…

— Emma Stone

“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become stageworthy.”

— Viola Spolin

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

— Amy Sedaris

In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would…

— Dakota Fanning

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

— Fred Willard

We can't really do any improv on 'The Big Bang' because we don't understand a lot of what the dialogue means to…

— Johnny Galecki

I consider myself an actor that tries to have as many tools as possible in the bag. And I think that includes…

— Gregg Henry

My background is all comedy. I've been doing improv since I was 17. It's funny, because when I meet people, I'm known…

— Derek Mears

I met Kevin when I was 19, at a Second City workshop. We were paired up together in the first class I…

— Dave Foley

Sometimes you read a script, and it's like, 'You'll improv, and this is just a blueprint of what the scene could be,'…

— Paul Rudd

My first time performing was in the black box theater of my high school's basement as a member of 'Clownaz,' the school's…

— Joe Mande

An improv team would have eight guys and one woman; that was still pretty standard. If you were a woman improviser, it…

— Rachel Dratch

When I graduated from college, I moved to New York and started doing improv because I read all about the early 'Saturday…

— Andy Daly

We are going to do 'Hot Tub' until we die. Every Monday. Then we'll come back and do it as zombies. 'Hot…

— Kurt Braunohler

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

— Elizabeth Olsen

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

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

— David Hewlett

What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.

— J. B. Smoove

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

— Kevin Rahm

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

— Jennifer Coolidge

A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style.

— Robert Ben Garant

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

— Sam Palladio

Taking improv has helped every other aspect of my field.

— Ben Schwartz

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

— Zach Woods

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

— Chris O'Dowd

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

— Christopher Guest

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

— Chris Gethard

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

— Melissa Peterman

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

— J. B. Smoove

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

— Justin Chon