Improv Quotes

122 Improv quotes by 102 unique authors

My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well. — Gary Vaynerchuk
With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. — Kristen Wiig
Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's… — Steven Wright
I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. — John Oliver
In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really… — John Oliver
Taking improv has helped every other aspect of my field. — Ben Schwartz
I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It… — Tatiana Maslany
I graduated from Second City Los Angeles. It helped me tremendously, not only in my roles in films but in helping shape me into a… — Carly Craig
Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen… — Diedrich Bader
I belong to an improv group, I play cello, I have these phases - fencing, tae kwon do, baseball, ice hockey, boogie boarding in the… — Ty Simpkins
Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those… — Rich Sommer
Improv requires one thing I lack that I think most mothers need - the basic instinct to put someone else first. — Jen Kirkman
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class. — J. B. Smoove
What happens in improv is you create your own storyline. — J. B. Smoove
You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over. — J. B. Smoove
I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take. — Adam McKay
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv. — Henry Rollins
I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important. — Darren Boyd
I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I… — Bill Hader
I think that I can improv. — Jane Levy
I took an improv class in 2005 in Chicago at ComedySportz, which was short-form, more of a games-based improv. I remember it being real fun… — Hannibal Buress
I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was… — Eric Christian Olsen
I love comedy and did a lot of comedy in college. I was in an improv comedy group with my friends. — Kevin Rahm
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines, rather than people… — Hayden Schlossberg
Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer. — Jim Rash

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102 authors contributed a total of 122 Improv Quotes, led by these top contributors: