Improv Exercises Quotes

To me, if people really want to improvise, get into classes and learn.

I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes.

In Miami, I was studying improv as well as acting. Improv is a great tool to have, just for the comedic timing that you get. When I moved to L.A., I started taking classes with The Groundlings, and I loved it. I'm definitely in love with improv and comedy.

When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn't know what the word 'improvisation' meant.

Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'

I'm very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they're making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.

We use improv in all kinds of fun ways. Sometimes it's to invent or discover new things, sometimes it's to weird out the other actors, and sometimes it's to create a sense of fun, to find new things inside the scripted lines.

I think not every improviser is a good stage actor. Certainly not every stage actor is a good improviser.

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

When I first did 'Best in Show,' I had never done any improvisation.

So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny.

I love doing improv, and I swear by it, and I encourage people to take classes, and blah blah blah. But it's always been interesting how it doesn't necessarily translate to television.

A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style.

I started doing improv in college, and I really liked it.

I love performing. I love doing improv. It's a totally terrifying experience, but it's something that I've always felt so strongly about and that I'm kind of obsessed with. And just as an actor, it's a great exercise. It's a great playground, you know, to try things out and to work on your skills. Because the mandate of improv is kind of the same as acting: It's all about your scene partner, it's all about being present and in the moment and exploring together as a team, a collaboration.

The word 'improv' always makes me feel a little anxious because I always feel like we'll have to pull props out of a bag and find 800 different ways to talk about a stick, the way you do in theater school.

We do long-form-style improv. Our focus was characters and telling a long arc story over about an hour and a half. It was closer to a one-act play than one-off sketches.

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.'

I'm really thankful for my improv background.

I haven't done improv since I was in middle school.

I like to do as much improv as I can do.

What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.

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 really learned how to improvise at the Groundlings.It's something I've always loved to do. For some reason it feels more honest at times.

I'm not an improv guy. I'm not a nerd, I play one on television.