For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that,… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
In the U.S., it's like, you start with a great script, and then on set - not everybody, but definitely in the… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
I'm an improviser at heart, when I'm writing, I'm improvising in my head. When you're an improviser on stage, you can never… — Scot Armstrong Copy Share Image
I found the recording sessions very freeing because you can really try things. When you're filming something, if you're improvising a film… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I enjoy the challenge of taking something which was not meant for the piano, distilling its essence and writing or improvising it… — Michael Hersch Copy Share Image
In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
If you're improvising with Paul Reiser, man, you'd better hold on tight! — Daniel Stern Copy Share Image
I think jazz is a beautiful, democratic music. It encourages musicians with very strong, and many times, very different points of view… — Marcus Miller Copy Share Image
As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really… — John Cale Copy Share Image
Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I… — David Sanborn Copy Share Image
A person improvising is sometimes very fortunate that just at that second things coincide. — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
Symphony musicians are not trained in improvising, certainly not in a jazz style. — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
I did a smaller gig with an acoustic guitar and a drum machine. In one song, something wrong happened with the drum… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're… — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
If you're too hung up on improvising 'correctly', you will almost always fail. — Craig Cackowski Copy Share Image
Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll… — Chris Wyse Copy Share Image
I don't want to see an experiment. Experiment at home - when you show up on stage, I want to see a… — Z'EV Copy Share Image
I grew up in the funk, rock and roll, blues and r&b tradition, and I came to this thing we call jazz… — Hamid Drake Copy Share Image
I was improvising before I was reading music. I was just trying to play things on the clarinet by ear. I think… — Pete Fountain Copy Share Image
Although arguably, it's my job to dig deep whether I'm improvising or not. It's just their style. That's the way they feel… — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it. — Jamie Lidell Copy Share Image
John Cassavetes was there at night while I was working. After they [with his friends] discussed as much live TV as they… — Gena Rowlands 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
If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
