Allocation Quote by John Kao

The impresario's job is to pick the right people who can pick the right people. He picks the people who can pick artists and…

— John Kao

The lifelong goal of an improviser is to listen to what the other person is saying, taking it in, and responding.

— Ali Farahnakian

The improviser has to understand that his first skill lies in releasing his partner’s imagination.

— Keith Johnstone

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want it to…

— Rob Reiner

I think the improv also helps with the imagination of dealing this person across from me who's not physically there. When you do an…

— Tatiana Maslany

What happens in improv is you create your own storyline.

— J. B. Smoove

I think that it is important to establish a world of place for the characters in improv and there is nothing to be gained…

— Gillian Jacobs

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…

— John Oliver

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…

— Chris Kattan

I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your…

— Neil Peart

Pronouns are the enemy of improv.

— Craig Cackowski