Community Quote by Aubrey Plaza

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

I know now for a fact that improv can't hold a candle to doing standup. It's not the same buzz, it just isn't. It…

— Ron James

Improv requires your audience to be informed about what improv is. With stand-up, anybody can sit down and watch stand-up and laugh at jokes.

— Kurt Braunohler

The thing that's frustrating about improv is that even if you have the best show in the world, it's over when it's over. You…

— Michelle Wolf

It's so much harder to make a living off improv. Improv is so rarified and for such a specific audience.

— Kurt Braunohler

I've always loved improv. It's my thing.

— Oscar Nunez

I guess, yeah. I've always loved improv. It's my thing. I really like it, but I also think it has to be done well.

— Oscar Nunez

When we used to do improv, you'd have to learn how to listen and contribute and not talk over each other and learn timing,…

— Sal Vulcano

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd…

— Ryan Stiles

I come from standup and improv.

— Paul Rust

Improv is a disposable art form, but it's kind of freeing in that way, too, because things can fail, and the audience is a…

— Matt Walsh

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 it's there…

— Tatiana Maslany