Backgrounds Quote by Luka Jones

We come from a live background of sketch improv and standup.

— Drew Scott

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

— Jennifer Coolidge

When you're doing stand-up, you achieve an intimacy with the audience you can't get on TV. There's not a better feeling in the entire…

— Bill Engvall

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

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

Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot…

— Megan Mullally

Having done stand-up on television and in stand-up specials for like Comedy Central, you learn quickly that for that type of performance you're playing…

— John Mulaney

In stand up, you get an awareness of how you come across, but in acting there is almost a hyper-awareness on how you might…

— Jim Gaffigan

At this point, I feel fairly comfortable in terms of performance. I think having a sketch background actually helps a lot. Because my background…

— Michael Ian Black

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

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

When I'm not filming anything or on the road doing stand-up, I'm usually doing stand-up shows every night - usually a few shows a…

— Judah Friedlander