Acting Quote by Matt Besser Download Open image “Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.” — Matt Besser ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acting Actor Connecting Improv Other Theatre
I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take. — Adam McKay Copy Share Image
You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not going to… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Acting is just about the script and the director giving you notes. In improv, it's more about trusting that the group will carry you. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Those are the rules. To improvise in a movie with other people, when they're following a script, everybody has to know what's going on.… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
Actors are players and if they're hot, or onto something, you let them go, or you and the actor can both get on to… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I think acting, oftentimes it's not about lines, it's about spaces in between lines and expressions on people's faces and their relationships. You can… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
I'm not an actor. I can show up for friends and improvise a little bit, but I'm not an actor. I can't remember lines. — Robert Downey Sr Copy Share Image
A lot of lines in movies were written, but I'm always improvising. Once you get into the scene, it just comes to me. — Chris Tucker Copy Share Image
Improv as an actor makes you present in the moment. You listen, you're attentive. You're not acting so much as reacting, which is what… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
I got really depressed when Sidney Moncrief lost to Larry Bird. That really depressed me. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I always like being a director in terms of giving acting notes and punching up on the fly. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed doing stand-up. Andy Kaufman was a big hero of mine. I tried to do conceptual stuff like he tried to do. — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I guess that I was always considered a little too weird for the standup clubs and probably too jokey for doing performance art and… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
“My name is Matt Besser, and I'm an Arkansas Razorback. My father is a Jew from Little Rock, Ark., my mother was a Christian… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Many improv groups give off the same positive annoying vibe that I associate with Christian Young Life groups with shows that more resemble children… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Don't invite me to a surprise birthday party. I don't have room for that secret. I've got enough real secrets I have to keep:… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
Right after college, a buddy of mine was moving to Boulder for some summer program, and he was like, 'Come live with me.' And… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
There's a creative vibe at U.C.B., and to maintain it, we can't pay people. If you pay, then you have to assign worth to… — Matt Besser Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
Many Republicans have always reminded me of professional WWF wrestlers. They come into the ring all pumped up and acting like they're invincible and… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
Acting is a grind, just like music is a grind. Sometimes it takes longer than what you can give. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it… — Laura Regan Copy Share Image
Actors don't hate acting. Most people don't hate acting! Whether you're a child mucking around with your friends or a grown up being paid… — Liv Hewson Copy Share Image
It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought… — Giles Matthey Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
The show was number one in the ratings, Gordon Russell was our head writer, the story lines were magnificent and the acting most exciting.… — Michael Storm Copy Share Image
