A Quote by Paul Scheer

My background is in improv and writing.

Paul Scheer

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Paul Scheer
American - Actor
Born: January 31, 1976

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

I'm really thankful for my improv background.

Lauren Lapkus

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

Jennifer Coolidge

Improv is like writing. It's actually a different discipline to acting. It helps acting greatly, but it's completely different. It's the same side of your brain when you write as when you improv.

Daniel Kaluuya

We come from a live background of sketch improv and standup.

Drew Scott

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

Darren Boyd

Just watching people who come from a stand-up background is different from watching people who come from an improv or sketch background.

Luka Jones

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

Amy Sedaris

The thing that's frustrating about improv is that even if you have the best show in the world, it's over when it's over. You get to build stand-up - I really like that aspect of it. I like writing jokes, and you don't get to do that in improv.

Michelle Wolf

I had a teacher who recommended I take improv classes in Chicago - I'm from Evanston, Illinois - so I did improv classes at Improv Olympic, and that kind of opened me up.

Lauren Lapkus

And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.

Nicholas Stoller

I think, coming from an improv/sketch background, I'm just used to having people around me to feed off of and support.

Janet Varney

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

We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.

Aya Cash

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

If there's one regret I have of my time in comedy it's that I really I was so obsessed with improv for so many years and I exclusively did improv for the first 6 years or 7 years. I was doing comedy and then I started doing solo work and stand up, a bit of writing, making videos, and really going into it on that end.

Chris Gethard

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