...this is my dilemma. I'm a guy who makes things up as I go along, so nothing is ever finished - there… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience.… — Douglas Wood Copy Share Image
I always had a knack for improvisation. I can write down the notes I play, but never really had a proper academic… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
We like to create an atmosphere where people can try whatever they want and experiment. But ultimately people tend to fall on… — Anna Boden Copy Share Image
Improvisation means coming to the situation without rigid expectations or preconceptions. The key to improvisation is motion — you keep going forward,… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
There are editing procedures for talks just as there are editing procedures in jazz improvisation. — David Antin Copy Share Image
Improvisation can be either a last resort or an established way of evoking creativity. — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
The rules of improvisation apply beautifully to life. Never say no - you have to be interested to be interesting, and your… — Scott Adsit Copy Share Image
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre. — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
Jazz Improvisation means that practice is not as straightforward as it would be when you simply have a score to play. — Ahmad Jamal Copy Share Image
There was a lot of improvisation on 'Step Brothers.' I remember it being really frightening, and it took me a long time… — Adam Scott Copy Share Image
Successful improvisation is mostly a matter of taking your thoughts out of the equation, because thinking can keep the magic from happening.… — Jimmy Herring Copy Share Image
In a one-woman show, there must be compelling material that you adore. In both of these there are conversations with you and… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
We would do improvisation together. And that in a way, had almost a "student-film side" where we'd be sitting there with Robert… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his faculties: perception, invention, improvisation. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Remember that a book is many drafts - mine certainly are. It's improvisation. It's as much jazz and the way we talk… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they're connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in terms… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Most of the musicians that I'm playing with now have jazz backgrounds, so they're comfortable with improvisation. And they all know to… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
It scared me to death to think about improv, but I got hired for a year at Second City in Chicago, which… — Fred Willard Copy Share Image
It may seem like improv because it flows quite naturally, and a little bit of leeway for improvisation is good, but you… — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Michael Ian Black wears many hats. He's a stand-up comedian, a comedic actor, he's now a writer-director so he knew how to… — Jason Biggs Copy Share Image
