Helping Quote by Steve Coogan

Even if the script's well written there's something about the life of an improvisation that resonates better than a written word, sometimes.

— John Travolta

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool. It's not so much that the actors get to say…

— Ivan Reitman

I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool.

— Ivan Reitman

I am not a fan of improvisation, because it bores me. Working off a tight scenario gives you the confidence and ability to -…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.

— Bernard Sahlins

Improvisation is just writing in front of an audience.

— Carl Reiner

When I'm improvising, I'm out of my head. I've done a lot of projects recently where there hasn't been a script. It's all been…

— Dave Franco

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

— Sydney Pollack

It's a very collaborative environment [making The Office]. We always do takes of how it's scripted, but then we also mix it up a…

— Ed Helms

It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.

— Sam Rockwell

I've always loved improvising. That's how I write songs. Creativity has an improvised element to it.

— Jamie Lidell

I always say that improvisation is the utterance of one's spirit, and it dictates your life experience, and that's how you find your concepts…

— Dianne Reeves