Improvisation Quotes · Page 4

Songs seem to always spring from improvisation.

— Lee Ranaldo

“Only he who is well prepared has any opportunity to improvise.”

— Ingmar Bergman

To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.

— Jim Rash

I'm really keen to try things. I love improvisation. It's quite exciting.

— Tcheky Karyo

“Life is improv, marry a writer. -- Mark Feuerstein”

— SMITH Magazine

“The unexpected is our normal routine. Commander Riker”

— Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team

My life and career have been a big improvisation.

— Ana de Armas

As I get older, I'm trying to accept improvisation into my day-to-day living.

— Colin Mochrie

Cutting improvisation is really hard, because things don't match, and you end up with some bad cuts sometimes. But we'd rather have…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

In essence, I feel I'm more jazz guitar player because I write vehicles geared for improvisation.

— Allan Holdsworth

While you're improvising, you may come up with something which will break him up. As soon as that smile comes out, you…

— Shelley Berman

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.

— Darren Boyd

[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

— Allan Dwan

Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to…

— Diedrich Bader

Most of us lead lives of chaotic improvisation from day to day, bawling for peace while plunging grimly into fresh disorders.

— Edward Abbey

I've never been a big fan of improvisation, because I think you appreciate the process and the cleverness of it more than…

— Alan Thicke

I'm not a standup. I didn't start off as a writer, I learned to write through improvisation, and so that's the part…

— Stephen Colbert

When you’re good at improv, even when you’re going to deliver somebody else’s line that they’ve written, you’ve got to nail it.…

— Chris Jericho

With Sleater-Kinney, we did a lot of improvisation in our live shows, and even our process of songwriting involved bringing in disparate…

— Carrie Brownstein

Improvisation has been with me since I was a kid, and, taking a selfish pleasure from that, I just thought, "What the…

— Jamie Lidell

We like to create an atmosphere where people can try whatever they want and experiment. But ultimately people tend to fall on…

— Anna Boden

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did…

— Steve Buscemi

I think improv training really orients you to character development, more than taking a Strasberg class or Meisner class. Not only is…

— Michael Shannon

I always say, my set is like building a brick wall that all the jokes are the bricks but the improv is…

— Josh Blue

Its like when you meet someone for the first time. Whether you feel a strong expectation that maybe is so strong that…

— Medeski Martin And Wood

There's some boring advice for improvisers beginning their careers like "see as much of it as you can and do as much…

— Zach Woods

Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to…

— James McBride

Some people have this really clear memory of making that decision, and I don't. My earliest memories of being involved with drama…

— Jai Courtney

I think the films and the paintings erase each other. The paintings are extremely slow and constantly going on in the studio…

— Sarah Morris

With Material for the Spine, I am interested in alloying a technical approach to the processes of improvisation. It is a system…

— Steve Paxton

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

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

I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life.

— Vinny Guadagnino

A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.

— Michael Haneke

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

— Lauren Ash

Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody.

— Bill Hader

A lot of improvisation and freedom went into 'Pinata.'

— Freddie Gibbs

The problem with improv is that you're letting an idiot tell you what to do.

— Dino Stamatopoulos

You can't make a mistake when you improvise.

— Patti Smith

Improvisation has never been my strong point.

— Scarlett Johansson