Face Quote by 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…

— John Oliver

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

I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't…

— Matt Besser

Improv is a fun thing to do on stage with others, sketch comedy is a great way to showcase your writing and acting, while…

— Quinta Brunson

Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just concentrate on…

— J. B. Smoove

Improv is so different, it's such a collaborative thing, you're working with other people, nothing is planned and it's kind of this community mentality,…

— Aubrey Plaza

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

— Kristen Wiig

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

The trouble with improv is that it is often about being funny in the moment without any real consideration for the bigger picture.

— Simon Pegg

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

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

— Ali Farahnakian

When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it's silent.

— Aubrey Plaza