The idea of improvisation means that we confront ourselves with our own individual creativity. — Brian Alger Copy Share Image
“The second rule of improvisation is not only to say yes, but YES, AND. You are supposed to agree and then add… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation — Harvey Keitel Copy Share Image
I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv. — CM Punk Copy Share Image
Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when… — Michael Pitt Copy Share Image
Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theatre. — Viola Spolin Copy Share Image
Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide. — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
I think there's something really freeing about improv, that it's a collective, creative, in-the-moment piece. That's really exciting and really frustrating, because… — Tatiana Maslany Copy Share Image
He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life… — William Golding Copy Share Image
A major component of jazz is improvisation, which forces you to stay in the moment because you never know what will be… — John Densmore Copy Share Image
You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
I never left jazz. The relationship between structure and improvisation - that constant conversation and tension - I've always wanted in every… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Most of my comedy writing happens through improvisation on stage; doing it in the moment. Going up with an idea and fleshing… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv… — Kurt Braunohler Copy Share Image
The challenge is, well, there's a huge challenge, which is when you're improvising, you're meant to sort of clear your mind completely,… — Brian Henson 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
“The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you're improvising, this means you are required to agree… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Hendrix was back there with a few of the others who were like my training wheels ... hearing him as a teenager… — Junior Brown Copy Share Image
Music and writing do fold together in the sense that you have to have a certain level of skill in order to… — James McBride Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The thing that always fascinated me about improv is that it's basically a happy accident that you think you're initiating. — Tina Fey 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
Most of my act is improvisation. I'm inspired for the moment. Standing there in front of 2,000 or 3,000 people you don't… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
“Herzen declared that there were “no solutions”: history, like nature, was an improvisation, subject to the play of chance.” — Aileen M. Kelly Copy Share Image
I think that music, or at least the kind of music that I make, benefits greatly from improvisation. — Ryan Adams Copy Share Image
Improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing. That's a kind of… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Improvisation is empowering because it welcomes the unknown. And since what's impossible is always unknown, it allows me to believe I can… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
“Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action."(p.115)” — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The improvisation had to be in public, because you only get value playing to strangers. — Keith Johnstone Copy Share Image
We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place… — Aya Cash 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
A lot of improvisation ends up being about just thinking outside of the box in the scene. It's not improvisation as much… — Jason Sudeikis 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
You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go. — Joy Bryant Copy Share Image
Improvisation is the ability to create something very spiritual, something of one's own. — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
