City Quote by Timothy Simons

When I decided I wanted to be an actor in high school, I really went into improv. I took classes at The Groundlings. I…

— Simon Helberg

I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on…

— Barry Levinson

I started working right away as a kid, so I didn't have a chance to go to improv school or anything like that; I…

— Kenan Thompson

I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life.

— Ben Schwartz

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

— Steve Buscemi

I've taught people in improv classes, then watched them move to Los Angeles to become Emmy winners and movie stars. That experience, for anyone…

— Chris Gethard

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major.

— Demetri Martin

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

— Wayne Brady

After going to theater school, and then subsequently dropping out, I would say that when I first went to Chicago and learned long-form improv,…

— Thomas Middleditch

When I graduated from college, I moved to New York and started doing improv because I read all about the early 'Saturday Night Live'…

— Andy Daly

I had improvised a lot in classes and at the Actors Studio, but I never did it in front of the camera.

— Gene Wilder

I had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago - I'm from Evanston, Illinois - so I did improv classes at…

— Lauren Lapkus