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> [Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/improvisation-is-not-a-presentational-form-except-in-small-doses-or/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

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## More by Bernard Sahlins

> [Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/improvisation-is-not-a-presentational-form-except-in-small-doses-or/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

> [If you're talking down to the audience, no matter how brutish it is, they know it and they hate you for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/if-you-re-talking-down-to-the-audience-no-matter-how-brutish-it-is/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

> [I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/i-m-a-bug-on-acting-which-distinguishes-second-city-from-a-lot-of/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

> [My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/my-theory-is-that-everything-an-actor-does-from-the-way-he-looks-at/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

> [I think improvisation is a technique and a tool. I think that even the best of them fail most of the time, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/i-think-improvisation-is-a-technique-and-a-tool-i-think-that-even-the/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

> [Actually being funny is mostly telling the truth about things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-sahlins/actually-being-funny-is-mostly-telling-the-truth-about-things/)

[Bernard Sahlins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-sahlins/)

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