Improv Quotes · Page 3

Doing improv regularly forces you to be better almost without trying.

— Lauren Ash

For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.

— Henry Rollins

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

— Matt Walsh

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

— Robert Ben Garant

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

— Jennifer Coolidge

What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.

— J. B. Smoove

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

— David Hewlett

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

— Kevin Rahm

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

I had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago - I'm from Evanston, Illinois - so I did improv…

— Lauren Lapkus

I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a…

— Matt Besser

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I was having a really-early-onset midlife crisis, and then something clicked in an improv class, and I knew.

— Margaret Qualley

I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.

— Ike Barinholtz

Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through…

— Joe Flaherty

Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be…

— Scott Adsit

With movies, depending on who your director is or what kind of movie you're shooting, you kind of have more of an…

— Sarah Wright

The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel…

— Ilana Glazer

When I moved from Boston to L.A., I floundered. I definitely did time at the Improv and the Comedy Store, making 20…

— John Pinette

Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was…

— Rich Sommer

I was always drawn to performing. I took improv and acting classes during the summers and was involved in middle and high…

— Carrie Brownstein

In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing…

— Blake Jenner

I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he…

— Kym Whitley

What crushed my soul was hanging out with bitter, desperate comics backstage. They're a different breed than the bitter yet eager psyches…

— Scott Adsit

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

Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.

— Lauren Lapkus

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

— Robin Williams

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

— Joe Gatto

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

— J. B. Smoove

If you know your character inside out then that's when improv starts to sound good. But improv to me can be as…

— Jamie Demetriou

As a writer, I use improv to write. Exploring characters and stories through improv and sitting at the computer and thinking about…

— Natasha Rothwell

I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv'…

— Adam DeVine

My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.

— Fred Willard

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance…

— Nolan Gould

Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a…

— Rebel Wilson

'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than…

— Brett Gelman

I took an improv class, and after my first class, I was like, 'Oh, I just want to do something like this.…

— Michelle Wolf

Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster…

— Rachel Brosnahan

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