I'm a big fan of improvisation but I can't say that I'm great at it. — Michelle Monaghan Copy Share Image
Most of my show is just improvisation. It goes with the energy of the crowd. — Freddie Gibbs Copy Share Image
When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up. — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
The nature of improvisation is you don't know what's going to happen. — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny. — Ben Falcone Copy Share Image
When you're improvising, it's fun to find something that you can lean on that is similar to your life experience. In my… — Mark Duplass Copy Share Image
I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in… — Brad Garrett Copy Share Image
Peace demands more, not less, from a people. Peace lacks the clarity of purpose and the cadence of war. War is scripted:… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES … The second rule of improvisation is not only to… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
First responders are a resilient lot. They deal with many types of situations and are very good at improvisation in their work. — Jesse Spencer Copy Share Image
The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's… — Chris Kattan Copy Share Image
Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
If improv gets reckless, you can feel it. A lot of shows try to do that, I find. When improv is done… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
Improvisation has to do with exploring something like two brothers in a room together. You find out things about situations by discovering… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
Our lives are a sequence of things. When we're alive, they're continuing, just as my words now are an improvisation. So the… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
My advice to you: live in the moment. Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.… — Jane Lynch Copy Share Image
The main thing about improvising is listening so if something happens that wasn't expected and you know your character, you know what… — Vince Vaughn Copy Share Image
Any education system that only memorizes things creates robots and will never produce Nobel laureates. Any education system that only emphasizes improvisation… — John Medina Copy Share Image
I often tell my students that you can't worry about the end of an improv scene because the end is not up… — Mark Sutton Copy Share Image
When I was in college my improvisation troupe and I did a road trip to Chicago, and went to The Second City… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Thorny compositions that sound as if female teen punkers the Shaggs received doctorates in the music of 12-tone composer Alban Berg, and… — Elliott Sharp Copy Share Image
I think sometimes when people start doing improv there's some regression towards trying to replicate the "good" improvisers that they've read about… — Zach Woods Copy Share Image
When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate to work with good directors who understand improvisation and understand the way comedians work. Luke Basan let me do… — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
With Material for the Spine, I am interested in alloying a technical approach to the processes of improvisation. It is a system… — Steve Paxton Copy Share Image
I think the films and the paintings erase each other. The paintings are extremely slow and constantly going on in the studio… — Sarah Morris Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write passages that don't need to be rewritten. Performance is that for me. Improvisation, things that happen in the moment,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
![“Effortless [performance] and improvisation are two different things. Just because it's improvised doesn't mean it's effortless and just because it's effortless doesn't necessarily mean it's improvised.” quote by Christoph Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8dd/christoph-waltz-8110_different_effortless-performance-and-improvisation_2216751.jpg)
