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I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life.
I really don't like when you see improv scenes go on too long. It really bothers me, even if the jokes are good.
I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.
I am a stage actor. I do mostly improv comedy. The only national television stuff is 'Archer' and' Frisky Dingo.'
I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment.
I started doing improv comedy in 2007, and I think it was that that gave me the confidence to try doing stand-up!
I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv' on A&E.
Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be in it.
After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.'
I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.
In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real life don't always apply.
I took an improv class, and after my first class, I was like, 'Oh, I just want to do something like this. This is super fun.'
Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written.
I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
I'm not from that world where you get on your feet and somebody gives you a suggestion and you improv your way through things.
I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent told me I had to.
Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was a completely improvised show.
Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster than they do.
I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.
I think doing The Improv is a little more ominous than doing a college campus because it was so different than anything I'd done.
I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.
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.
Improv Olympics, Second City are some of the most tolerant, accepting people. They're like circus folk. They're freaks themselves.
When I finished grad school, I moved to Chicago proper, and I was at all the different improv schools, taking classes or interning.
I was never in an improv group. But when I went to school, we would do it all day long with friends, not knowing what it was called.
I feel like there are a lot of bands or musicians that probably think improv is corny, because I think that's a sentiment out there.
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.
I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face. It's a really terrible way to start a show.
Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s.
If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might be in the audience.
I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City.
I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'
I was the cocktail waitress, and Sandra Bullock was the host, and this guy came in and persuaded me to try improv with Gotham City Improv.
Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an ensemble.
I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me.
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 was already a working actor.
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 funny.
I can legitimately say without being arrogant that there's probably a stretch where I was one of the better teachers of improv in the country.
I'm an improviser. I came up doing improv at the U.C.B. Theater in New York for seven years. That's where I started, so improv is what I love.
'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than standup.
My brothers and I always did improv stuff in our basement with our friends; we're super nerds, and that was our way of spending a Friday night.
My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing.
Stand-up and sketch and improv - that's the most direct contact you can have with somebody, making them laugh. I like that. I like the intimacy.
Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.
Improv is a disposable art form, but it's kind of freeing in that way, too, because things can fail, and the audience is a little more forgiving.
I do feel like my improv training has helped me throughout my entire audition process only because the idea of 'yes and-ing' applies to everything.
Black people who want to do comedy go into standup, where our heroes opened a lot of doors. Improv doesn't have a ton of heroes that you can look to.
Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters.