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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines,… — Hayden Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to… — Diedrich Bader Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Things that make me laugh range from a wonderful stand-up like Jerry Seinfeld, Louis C.K. and Chris Rock to my son Gabe,… — Jason Alexander Copy Share Image
I think with improv - and I say it all the time because it's become such a catch thing that you talk… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
I started taking improv in 2012 per the urging of my managers and agents at the time and I was a little… — Ego Nwodim Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It was improv that really helped me start coming up with recipes and just believe in my instincts. That's why the first… — Aarti Sequeira Copy Share Image
If a director brings a guy to their movie who does improv, they've got to let him do what he does -… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face.… — Brea Grant Copy Share Image
I liked that improv and sketch comedy were collaborative, but you really depended on other people and a stage to perform. With… — Ali Wong Copy Share Image
I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
We did sketch comedy, performed live improv, and then we made the transition to TV with 'Impractical Jokers.' — Joe Gatto Copy Share Image
I'm a very anxious person, and it's hard for me to be in the moment. Improv demands that you be in the… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
You can't improv off of bad writing. Then you have to actually create your objective, which is really hard to do in… — Eliza Coupe Copy Share Image
Soccer is the most improvisational sport. There are no set plays. And in soccer, as in improv, you are trying to find… — Brendan Hunt Copy Share Image
Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster… — Rachel Brosnahan Copy Share Image
I took an improv class, and after my first class, I was like, 'Oh, I just want to do something like this.… — Michelle Wolf Copy Share Image
'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 Copy Share Image
Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a… — Rebel Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance… — Nolan Gould Copy Share Image
My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches. — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
As a writer, I use improv to write. Exploring characters and stories through improv and sitting at the computer and thinking about… — Natasha Rothwell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly. — Ike Barinholtz Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I was having a really-early-onset midlife crisis, and then something clicked in an improv class, and I knew. — Margaret Qualley Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
