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> [The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/the-interesting-thing-about-improvisation-is-you-re-making-something/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

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## More by David Steinberg

> [I starred in a Broadway play that was Sidney Poitier's first directing job and the cast was Lou Gossett, Cicely Tyson, Diana Ladd and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/i-starred-in-a-broadway-play-that-was-sidney-poitier-s-first/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [Silences are the most underrated part of comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/silences-are-the-most-underrated-part-of-comedy/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [In comedy, looking back is more important than looking around at your contemporaries because they are too much influenced by the same time period…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/in-comedy-looking-back-is-more-important-than-looking-around-at-your/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [I don't really dissect comedy. Nothing kills off humor more than overanalyzing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/i-don-t-really-dissect-comedy-nothing-kills-off-humor-more-than/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [Here's the rule that I set for myself, and I believe it - even on a show like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm': the more personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/here-s-the-rule-that-i-set-for-myself-and-i-believe-it-even-on-a-show/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [I rewrote it and I took all your notes. Read it again, that kind of persistence paid off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/i-rewrote-it-and-i-took-all-your-notes-read-it-again-that-kind-of/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [I don't believe any particular ethnic group is smarter than any other group.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/i-don-t-believe-any-particular-ethnic-group-is-smarter-than-any-other/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [The one thing an audience always has in common with a comedian is troubles. The Yiddish word for that is tsuris. You're always putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/the-one-thing-an-audience-always-has-in-common-with-a-comedian-is/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [You don't need to be stable to be a stand-up comedian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/you-don-t-need-to-be-stable-to-be-a-stand-up-comedian/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/the-odd-thing-about-comedy-is-that-the-more-personal-you-are-the/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [My influences were Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/my-influences-were-woody-allen-and-lenny-bruce/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [My father was a rabbi and had a little synagogue in Canada, so I'm from Canada. I left there at 16.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/my-father-was-a-rabbi-and-had-a-little-synagogue-in-canada-so-i-m/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [And it was a huge emotional thing to leave the law and become unemployed - to be a student again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/and-it-was-a-huge-emotional-thing-to-leave-the-law-and-become/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/the-interesting-thing-about-improvisation-is-you-re-making-something/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

> [I used to have a theory actually that, if you've had a good childhood, a good marriage and a little bit of money in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-steinberg/i-used-to-have-a-theory-actually-that-if-you-ve-had-a-good-childhood/)

[David Steinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-steinberg/)

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