Improv Theater Quotes

When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.

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.

I come from 'black-box' theater, where basically, you make your own adventure out of nothing.

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.

My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.

I'll drive down the street, and I'll practice improv. I will sit there at a red light and see two guys talking to each other, and I will just start playing both characters. I can't hear them, but I can see their mouths moving, so I'll just put words in their mouths.

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'm UCB trained - I came up learning about game, which is a really big part of the Upright Citizens Brigade theater. They teach you about game, and game in a scene is what makes the scene funny. And oftentimes, it's the character - this is really improv dorky stuff.

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

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

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

Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has.

River City Improv set the stage for my career.

I can't tell you how many bizarre shows at UCB I was a part of.

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 like to do as much improv as I can do.

I actually started working in Chicago while I was still a student; I did the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' at the end of my junior year. I had come to Chicago for Northwestern University. I didn't quite know about the theater community, and what I did know was mostly the improv.

The way that UCB taught us to improvise, you always start from an inspiration from your life, something that's happened to you or a friend. And then you put a comic game onto it. It always starts from a place of reality, of truth.

The UCB has long been known as a hub of the best comedy in New York City, but it's never been the most well organized or cared for place in the world.

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 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'd like a bit of a crack at some kind of anarchic comedy, but whether or not I'm skillful enough at it all, we'll see.

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.

My experience is at The Groundlings Theater, where we created different characters and did sketch comedy. And sometimes the characters were outrageous, but they always came from a real place. So even working there, we had to create characters from the people that we knew.