Improv Performance Quotes

When you’re good at improv, even when you’re going to deliver somebody else’s line that they’ve written, you’ve got to nail it. And sometimes it’s not going to be as good as you think, and you have to not worry about hurting each other’s feelings. All that matters is the product itself. All that matters is the show.

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

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

The hardest part about improv is getting the audience to relax and enjoy themselves, because most improv is not very good, and the audience is nervous for the performers the whole time. Not that they don't even like the show, but they feel bad for the performers.

I had been on this improv team at this really great improv theater. It's called iO now. It used to be called Improv Olympic. They have showcases for Lorne Michaels and other writers and people who work at 'SNL' usually about once a year, although I don't know if it always happens.

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.

To me, it's weird when people review improv at all.

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.

The improv stuff, that's always surprising so a lot of times that's really funny.

I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.

When I started doing improv in Chicago, for every five teams, one or two would have one woman.

There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.

I’ll never forget my very first [SNL] show. I had a card in my changing room from Kristen Wiig. It just had a heart on the inside, and she’d written “Have fun.” That always stayed with me.

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, that was a far better acting workshop than any acting school I've been to.

The first laugh is always key. I've done some improv stuff. Once you get your first laugh, you're good. Up until that point, it's a little nerve-racking.

After working with Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, and Jonathan Mangum, I said, 'I am never going to talk about improv again.'

When you're doing improv for seven years, you're an old soul of the improv world.

I put so much energy into with improv. You can only perform it at a place where people are, essentially, taking improv classes so that they just appreciate what's happening.

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.

I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.'

Vegas needs a really funny, dirty, late-night show, and I'll tell it like it is, I promise you that. And you gotta love the audience I bring in.

I've always loved improv. It's my thing.

There's different kinds of improv. There's Second City improv where you try to slowly build a nice sketch. There's stuff you do in college coffee houses where you just go joke, joke, joke. Bring another funny character with a funny hat on his head. Christopher Guest is more the line of trying to get a story out.

I am a stage actor. I do mostly improv comedy. The only national television stuff is 'Archer' and' Frisky Dingo.'