Improv Quotes

122 Improv quotes by 102 unique authors

My parents were not at all backstage parents. We had none of that in the family. It was just very clear right away that I… — John Michael Higgins
When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during the day, and then at… — Ken Jeong
Improv is mostly what I've studied. — Ellie Kemper
I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first job was on… — Nick Kroll
In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not… — Jake M. Johnson
My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and… — Jake M. Johnson
Every improv must be song specific. It has to grow organically out of the particular elements involved or it's just glib self-expression. I hate when… — David First
I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated. — Paul Feig
What I don't like is when I see stuff that I know has had a lot of improv done or is playing around where there's… — Paul Feig
After college, I knew I wanted to work in comedy, so the first thing I did was go to where the comedy was. I moved… — Tina Fey
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what you're… — Nathan Fillion
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up. — Kevin James
I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained… — Rashida Jones
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays… — Mindy Kaling
I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes. — Brie Larson
Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then… — Denis Leary
I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. — Demetri Martin
My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a… — Tatiana Maslany
We do long-form-style improv. Our focus was characters and telling a long arc story over about an hour and a half. It was closer to… — Tatiana Maslany
For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped… — Olivia Munn
A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next… — John C. Reilly
I remember being upset because I was finally legal to drink in Canada, and I decided to throw that all away and move to America,… — Ryan Reynolds
The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing. — Seth Rogen
I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out. — Amy Sedaris
I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater. — Emma Stone

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