Jennifer Aniston Quotes

I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea.

The essence of play is that the sequence of actions is fluid and scattered.

I really don't work to a plan, but I just do what interests me and what I like to do.

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.

It's always fun to improvise.

I like to improvise; I think it's just a healthy thing to do, to keep everything loose and fun.

I think there's all these unknown things you can tap into when you just leave things open, and nothing is forbidden. Then you allow yourself to mold that thing that has been created by freedom and spontaneity and flexibility. That's why I avoid limiting performances of actors and characters.

It's always more fun when something happens outside of a script.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

In improvisation, there are no mistakes.

When you work with an actor and then you discover new things that are better, I think you gotta be free to be able to go with the new things that you're finding. I think that's very important. I have a strong idea when I go to shoot a movie but I also love to discover things when I'm on set as well.

It's fun to be loose. Just like on stage, all of your great ideas come from looseness.

I probably have the most fun on projects where there's some room to improvise.

In my stand-up, I've always been loose. If there's a curtain onstage, I'll use that in my act. If there's a door, I'll use the door. I always like to use everything at my disposal, which makes each show a little different and a little more fun.

I like to improvise.

Part of being an actor is letting things come about organically as opposed to forcing them.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

You must plan to be spontaneous.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.