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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
My first improv was Second City in Chicago. Before that, I worked at - with a partner, doing comedy sketches.
I'm not a stand-up comedian. I'm not an improv person or anything, but I've always been a fan of that stuff.
For the last 30-plus years, I have been doing one long, uninterrupted improv.
There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.
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.
Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.
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.
I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
In cartoons and in improv, anything can happen. You can be any character you want. The rules of real life don't always apply.
Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster than they do.
From there, I tried out for a community theatre play, joined an improv group... it all started opening up.
I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated.
Improv is so freeing because there are no bounds; there's no safety net. You just say something and get an instant response.
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.
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.
My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.
I was having a really-early-onset midlife crisis, and then something clicked in an improv class, and I knew.
I guess, yeah. I've always loved improv. It's my thing. I really like it, but I also think it has to be done well.
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.
When I started stand-up, the first thing I did was to take an improv class.
The thing I love about YouTube is it's almost like having an instant audience for improv.
One of the favorite games I play, when I improv or take on a character, is what I like to call arrogant ignorance. That's the game I enjoy playing most.
If you work in Chicago in the improv scene, anyone is happy for you if you get a job.
With 'The Crazy Ones,' we were really encouraged to improv and go off script.
It's always hard to watch bad actors improv on your skit.
You're always starting with a nugget of truth, whether it's a song or an improv scene.
Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'
I like the adrenaline of playing improv - it makes me feel really calm.
The current Babe Ruth of improv? Sacha Baron Cohen. He's pretty amazing.
'Dinner' is completely scripted. There are some improv elements, but I'm not interested in pranking people. It's more like a play than standup.
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.
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.
There's always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
When I started doing improv in Chicago, for every five teams, one or two would have one woman.
I was able to bring my process of doing improv with actors into the animation world, which was fun.
If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might be in the audience.
It's like low-budget filmmaking - a focus on dialogue and relationships over plot. Quirky. Improv.
When I'm working with improv people, I give them the green light to just bring it and try things.
I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
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.
I think with a lot of comics, their gift is improv. They don't have a script. They'll have a couple of good ideas they start with, and go from there. And it's the same in wrestling.
If there are kids in the crowd, I try to be more animated for them. It does change a little bit each show. There's a lot of improv.
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.
When improv is bad, it's excruciating to watch, and to be involved with it is a unique type of torture.
I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it.
All my dance moves are improv. I just make them up on the spot.
I love improv. I do it with my co-star John Michael Higgins in both 'Pitch Perfect' films.
When I finished grad school, I moved to Chicago proper, and I was at all the different improv schools, taking classes or interning.
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.
I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.
I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life.
The thing that always fascinated me about improv is that it's basically a happy accident that you think you're initiating.
In high school, we would do improv. Me and my boy were, like, the stars of the class.
I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.
I used to teach improv courses in Amsterdam where we would do team-building exercises, and they can go south very quickly.
Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.
I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.
The trouble with improv is that it is often about being funny in the moment without any real consideration for the bigger picture.
I've always been an actor, even when I was doing improv and my own version of stand up.
I think the key to improv is always listening. It's embracing. It's positivity. It's hearing things and not shutting them down.