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Working on a sitcom and improv improves your comedic chops. If you do it long enough, the one thing you learn to do is listen to the other characters. — Diedrich Bader

You can't be controlling in improv. — Matt Walsh

In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world's greatest discoveries have been by accident. — Tina Fey

You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over. — J. B. Smoove

Some of the best stuff in all my movies has been improv. — Catherine Hardwicke

Life is improvisation. All of those [improv] classes were like church to me. The training had seeped into me and changed who I am. — Tina Fey

I do standup every week in L.A. at the Laugh Factory and the Improv. — Brian Dunkleman

The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing. — Seth Rogen

I'm not much of an improv guy. That's a talent I don't have. — Henry Rollins

I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go. — John Oliver

I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater. — Emma Stone

Even though I do a more traditional type of being funny on television, I still know a lot of comedians and stand-ups and improv actors. — Busy Philipps

What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural. — Chris O'Dowd

I'm not from that world where you get on your feet and somebody gives you a suggestion and you improv your way through things. — Kevin Dunn

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. — Nolan Gould

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care. — Adam McKay

I'm not really sure what I'm going to do when I get there, but that's why someone invented the fine art of improv. Or, when that fails, stalling. — Danielle Ellison

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying. — Elizabeth Olsen

Taking improv has helped every other aspect of my field. — Ben Schwartz

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

Can we all admit that 'Parks and Recreation' is horrible? Is this something we would all know, but don't say? Maybe everything should not be improv'd. — Andy Kindler

Steve Buscemi is hilarious. He's really, really good with improv. — Steve Carell

I think that I can improv. — Jane Levy

Stand-up is the scariest thing - whether it's TV, movies, improv - stand-up is the worst. — Melissa Peterman

When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things. — Jon Favreau

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. — Kristen Wiig

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie. — Martin Short

Maybe it's just my improv and sketch background, but I'm a lot more comfortable in a group. I like sharing focus and populating an ensemble. — Jason Mantzoukas

I think it's a lot richer than what we call fleshy improv, I think it's very funny, puppet improv and fleshy improv. — Brian Henson

I like to do as much improv as I can do. — Jordan Klepper

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

I'm gonna be pretty honest; there wasn't a lot of improv allowed on 'Eclipse.' — Justin Chon

I'm a very anxious person, and it's hard for me to be in the moment. Improv demands that you be in the moment. — Zach Woods

My prayer is improvised - though like some standard jazz performance, the improv happens within pretty strict parameters - and asks for nothing. — Darin Strauss

Doing improv really got me started in my whole career. — Lauren Lapkus

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

The trouble with improv is that it is often about being funny in the moment without any real consideration for the bigger picture. — Simon Pegg

Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer. — Jim Rash

I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me. — John Michael Higgins

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it. — Jillian Bell

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. — Steve Buscemi

I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life. — Ben Schwartz

I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough. — Allison Silverman

My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well. — Gary Vaynerchuk

...playing these physical and imaginative group games instantly creates community connection. — Hannah Fox

River City Improv set the stage for my career. — Marc Evan Jackson

I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that. — Rachel Dratch

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage. — Wayne Brady

I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated. — Paul Feig

For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv. — Henry Rollins

Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become stageworthy. — Viola Spolin

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv. — Eva Mendes

I'm not an improv guy. — Curtis Armstrong

You need to know what doesn't work to know what works. It's especially true in improv and stand-up. — Mike Birbiglia

The problem with improv is that you're letting an idiot tell you what to do. — Dino Stamatopoulos

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

When it comes to improv, Specifics beget specifics. — Craig Cackowski

From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group ... it all started opening up. — Kevin James

Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written. — Steven Wright

What happens in improv is you create your own storyline. — J. B. Smoove

I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out. — Amy Sedaris

Believe it or not, this simple phrase, "Yes! And . . ." is the secret of improv. — Amy Lisewski

I always wanted to be a stand-up comedian, even as a kid. Me and my dad would watch 'Evening at the Improv' on A&E. — Adam DeVine

Improv seemed to replace stand-up, which was very big before that. Stand-up comedy was real hot in the late '80s and through the '90s. — Joe Flaherty

Improv is mostly what I've studied. — Ellie Kemper

I love comedy and did a lot of comedy in college. I was in an improv comedy group with my friends. — Kevin Rahm

Theatre sports is the best improv training period. — Wayne Brady

I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. — Demetri Martin

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

When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class. — J. B. Smoove

I joined an improv group in college, which was a lot of fun. After I graduated, I moved to Chicago to try to get into the Second City. — Steve Carell

Pronouns are the enemy of improv. — Craig Cackowski

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

The improv, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but when it does, it's like open-field running. — Robin Williams

Many of the people I've worked with over the years came from a sketch-comedy background or an improv background, and I've learned a lot from them. — Megan Mullally

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

I took one class at Second City called Improv for Actors, and that was it, and that was only because my agent told me I had to. — Timothy Simons

Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon. — Allison Tolman

Every night was improv. — Kliph Nesteroff

My background is in improv and writing. — Paul Scheer

I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young. — Dakota Johnson

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

When you try to go back and watch improv on tape, it almost never feels as good as it did when a crowd was laughing at it. — Chris Gethard

I love physical comedy. I love Oscar Wilde, I love Shakespeare comedies, I love improv. — Elizabeth Banks

I take improv classes. Improv is something I can use in any aspect of life. — Vinny Guadagnino

I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important. — Darren Boyd

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

Generally, I've found that a heckler in an improv audience is just enjoying the show so much that they want to be in it. — Scott Adsit

Harvard is Classical Military Theory, Improv is Vietnam — Tina Fey

Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was a completely improvised show. — Nick Swardson

I come from the world of improv; I love any show or any vehicle that gives me an opportunity to be in the moment. — Brad Garrett

I've always loved improv. It's my thing. — Oscar Nunez

The thing that always fascinated me about improv is that it's basically a happy accident that you think you're initiating. — Tina Fey

Is this a generation of orphans who are going to the improv to do stand-up? — Mindy Kaling

I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly. — Ike Barinholtz

When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture. — Zach Woods

You don't want to jump in on your first day on a show and start improv-ing and changing the show. — Geoff Stults

I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films. — Elizabeth Banks

I started doing improv my sophomore year. — Rachel Dratch

The DC Improv food is amazingly edible for a comedy club. — Jim Gaffigan