Blame Quote by Ali Wong

I absolutely loved improv! I felt very much at home being onstage. It freed me to be all sorts of people other than myself.…

— Mo Collins

Improv and sketch comedy felt very natural to me, like all the things I loved had come together: my sense of humor, being on…

— Quinta Brunson

Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s.

— Joe Flaherty

I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!

— Rachel Parris

I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. The comedians by nature weren't very - I mean, they were sociable, but they hung…

— Steve Buscemi

Improv is a fun thing to do on stage with others, sketch comedy is a great way to showcase your writing and acting, while…

— Quinta Brunson

If you grow up doing one thing you don't always think you can do another, but I always loved improv comedy.

— Gillian Jacobs

I'd always liked having a laugh with my friends, and I'd done comedy in plays; but then my friends asked me to join this…

— Rachel Parris

I just had this perception of stand up that was like you're alone on stage, where improv is very collaborative. That's also why I…

— Ayo Edebiri

Improv is so different, it's such a collaborative thing, you're working with other people, nothing is planned and it's kind of this community mentality,…

— Aubrey Plaza

I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't…

— Matt Besser

I didn't want to perform comedy. I always loved humor. Loved making people laugh. I was a big stand up fan, but it wasn't…

— Andrew Schulz