Improv Scene Quotes

In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

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 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.

If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.

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

When I came into improv, it was almost like an outsider art form.

New York is almost as important as Chicago, improv-wise.

I think the improv also helps with the imagination of dealing this person across from me who's not physically there. When you do an improv scene, you're usually working on a blank stage and creating the props and creating the environment.

I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.

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

I started doing improv my sophomore year.

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

I saturated myself with the improv community.

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd - it's a kind of a 'make me laugh' attitude. But when you come out as an improvisor, they realize that they're suggesting everything you do. So they're already invested in the scene, and they actually want it to work.

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

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.