“Ready-made phrases and the ritual of etiquette were unknown to him; his thoughtfulness was pure improvisation, and it resembled the little inventions… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like to improvise because I think it brings… — Robert Redford 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
I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
“Let me have two locks of your hair, and help my mother plait them into a bow-string for me. "Does anything depend… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we used to do improv, you'd have to learn how to listen and contribute and not talk over each other and… — Sal Vulcano 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
What I love about improv so much is that we are all discovering it at roughly the same time. The performers are… — Paul F. Tompkins 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
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
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I've always said my whole career that I wanted to write by the improv credo, 'don't negate,' which means, even if you… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
Practice your improv more than learn your lines. 'Cause there's no way you'll be able to learn all those lines in a… — Anthony Mackie Copy Share Image
Improvisation is the art of becoming sound. It is the only art in which a human being can and must become the… — Alvin Curran Copy Share Image
John [Cassavetes] loved actors. He gave them a lot of freedom. So if something came up that a certain actor just felt… — Gena Rowlands Copy Share Image
“Do mountains of preparation kill spontaneity? Absolutely not. I’ve found that it’s just the opposite. When you know what you’re doing, you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Jazz is a music that really allows a person to express his deepest self, his most personal self - Africa being the… — Harold Land Copy Share Image
Sometimes it depends on the actor or the actress. Sometimes they demand a lot of rehearsals. Sometimes they don't. Making movies is… — Alejandro Amenabar 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
I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. It's not so much that the actors get… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
...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 really not so much remembering things. And this is what I do when I play. I forget things. When I… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
Everyone asks me if piano had helped me in football. I guess improvisation and creativity helps on the field, but that's a… — Joey Harrington Copy Share Image
There are definitely some set topics I go onstage with and want to talk about, but there's also an element of improvisation… — Hasan Minhaj 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
In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total… — Mike Figgis 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
Im going to break one of the rules of the trade here. Im going to tell you some of the secrets of… — James Beard Copy Share Image
I do love improvisation, I love when I find an object in my studio or kitchen (look, a tea sample's tiny glass… — Signe Baumane Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little… — David Steinberg Copy Share Image
It's a very collaborative environment [making The Office]. We always do takes of how it's scripted, but then we also mix it… — Ed Helms Copy Share Image
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I feel like my own background in improv and doing documentaries makes me really comfortable with a situation where you're letting things… — Seth Gordon Copy Share Image
I never know what it's going to look like. Wouldn't be much point in painting if I already knew the outcome. I… — Peter Wright 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
The first rule of improv is 'Never say no.' Use it when co-writing. To co-write, you need to be willing to be… — Chuck Cannon Copy Share Image
In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person's contributions providing the spark for… — R. Keith Sawyer Copy Share Image
The reality for me is simple. When music is written, it is usually categorized as classical. When it is improvised, it can… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
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