Improvise Quotes
112 quotes by 108 authors
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You don't improvise with a Cameron Crowe script.
— Orlando Bloom
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Jazz stands for freedom. It's supposed to be the voice of freedom: Get out there and improvise, and take chances, and don't be a perfectionist…
— Dave Brubeck
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There's very little you could do to prepare to be a correspondent on 'The Daily Show,' because it's not being a journalist, it's not being…
— Steve Carell
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The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.
— Rolf Potts
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I always choose an area that is of personal interest, but I don't plan my travels in detail. There are so many variables one cannot…
— Josef Hoflehner
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Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a…
— Burt Bacharach
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Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning at home, you're…
— Rolf Potts
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There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by…
— Dan Castellaneta
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I love improv so much. Listening. I think that's the key. When you improvise, you put a lot of pressure on yourself to create, and…
— Rob Riggle
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I used to have to do readings in church, and it was terrifying. I would never have my glasses. The words are printed so small…
— Jim Gaffigan
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You can't make a mistake when you improvise.
— Patti Smith
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Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's good therapy as…
— Chris Kattan
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Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and…
— Viola Spolin
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Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.
— Ingmar Bergman
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A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis,…
— Charlie Trotter
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My partner sometimes liked to go into the studio and improvise voice things just for fun. When I returned from England I transcribed one of…
— Meredith Monk
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If they think they are doing something new, they ought to do what I do every day - spend at least two hours every day…
— Coleman Hawkins
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...I think of improvising as composing - fo me it's all about playing melodies. When I improvise, there's not a lot of real thinking going…
— Robben Ford
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I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it…
— Michelangelo Antonioni
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I started learning to sing what I liked, to experience it in a visceral way. Then it's inside. Get rid of the neurosis and then…
— Joe Satriani
Who Wrote These Improvise Quotes
108 authors contributed a total of 112 Improvise Quotes, led by these top contributors: