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I’ve been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career Picture Quote #1

Saturday Night Live was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting Picture Quote #1

Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they’re feeling something in the moment, let them make it their own. That’s what makes them great actors Picture Quote #1

I’m not a particularly good cook. Part of it is that it is the kind of cooking anybody could do if they bothered. It’s improvisational. I cook with whatever I have laying around Picture Quote #1

A certain rough-around-the-edges improvisational looseness - a sense of something coming together before your eyes, or not quite - may be one of the things that distinguishes performance art from theater Picture Quote #1

Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I’ve gone more solo, because I’ve had this opportunity Picture Quote #1

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I started off at the Second City in Chicago... It’s an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn’t. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren’t all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime Picture Quote #1

In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person’s contributions providing the spark for the next. Together, the improvisational team creates a novel emergent product, one that’s more responsive to the changing environment Picture Quote #1

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life be bold. Don’t always worry about what your next line is going to be Picture Quote #1

I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the ‘Late Night’ show, when I first got out to Los Angeles to be a television writer, the first thing I did was I signed up to take improvisational classes... And I studied that for years, and I really loved it Picture Quote #1

Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits] Picture Quote #1

I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet . . . So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue Picture Quote #1

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Since being diagnosed with Asperger’s, I’d been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We’d been trying lots of improvisational techniques to help me with some of the problems I experience. But it’s a very slow process Picture Quote #1

When it’s a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you’re riffing off other people’s ideas, that actually can be productive Picture Quote #1

I’ve always believed acting is an improvisational art form, even when not a single line is changed. I mean, the behavior should always be improvised. My favorite moments in any performance are when I’m just along for the ride; when I’m surprising myself. I know when I’m done and I think to myself, ‘Gee, I didn’t see that coming,’ I’ve done well Picture Quote #1

I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don’t work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I’m going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them Picture Quote #1

If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that’s where you’ll find the most successful work being done Picture Quote #1

I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style Picture Quote #1

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It’s not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling Picture Quote #1

Writing is very improvisational. It’s like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of tinkering Picture Quote #1

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life Picture Quote #1

My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I’m not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it Picture Quote #1

When it’s a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you’re riffing off other people’s ideas, that actually can be productive Picture Quote #1

I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I’m doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn’t work I can go back to what I know’s already there Picture Quote #1

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My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it Picture Quote #1

As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life be bold. Don’t always worry about what your next line is going to be Picture Quote #1

Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career (Improvisational Quotes) Saturday Night Live was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting (Improvisational Quotes) Nobody is out to sabotage an entire script and do an improvisational experiment of a movie, but when they’re feeling something in the moment, let them make it their own. That’s what makes them great actors. (Improvisational Quotes) I’m not a particularly good cook. Part of it is that it is the kind of cooking anybody could do if they bothered. It’s improvisational. I cook with whatever I have laying around. (Improvisational Quotes) A certain rough-around-the-edges improvisational looseness - a sense of something coming together before your eyes, or not quite - may be one of the things that distinguishes performance art from theater. (Improvisational Quotes) Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I’ve gone more solo, because I’ve had this opportunity. (Improvisational Quotes) I started off at the Second City in Chicago... It’s an improvisational theater that ostensibly does social and political satire, but when I was there, we generally didn’t. We did character work, and we did just the silliest things we could think of. We weren’t all that concerned with, you know, changing the world through mime. (Improvisational Quotes) In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person’s contributions providing the spark for the next. Together, the improvisational team creates a novel emergent product, one that’s more responsive to the changing environment. (Improvisational Quotes) As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life be bold. Don’t always worry about what your next line is going to be. (Improvisational Quotes) I think the best thing I ever did was, years before I got the ‘Late Night’ show, when I first got out to Los Angeles to be a television writer, the first thing I did was I signed up to take improvisational classes... And I studied that for years, and I really loved it. (Improvisational Quotes) Improvisational things about picture-making... learned from working with the small camera early on have served me well in being able to think quickly when making [portraits]. (Improvisational Quotes) I don’t like the stigma that comes with being called a poet . . . So I call what I’m doing an improvisational adventure or an inebriational travelogue. (Improvisational Quotes) Since being diagnosed with Asperger’s, I’d been working with an acting coach who has now become a good friend. We’d been trying lots of improvisational techniques to help me with some of the problems I experience. But it’s a very slow process. (Improvisational Quotes) When it’s a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you’re riffing off other people’s ideas, that actually can be productive. (Improvisational Quotes) I’ve always believed acting is an improvisational art form, even when not a single line is changed. I mean, the behavior should always be improvised. My favorite moments in any performance are when I’m just along for the ride; when I’m surprising myself. I know when I’m done and I think to myself, ‘Gee, I didn’t see that coming,’ I’ve done well (Improvisational Quotes) I do try to keep my show very improvisational. I don’t work off a set list; I like to keep it more in the moment. I like to have information about where I’m going, what might be happening in that particular region as well. I like for people to feel like the show is for them (Improvisational Quotes) If a director can find the exact combination between the written word as a guideline and improvisational input from his actors, I think that’s where you’ll find the most successful work being done (Improvisational Quotes) I hate it, it is tedious... when I write for my act, it is very improvisational, I write bullet points, I cannot sit in front of a computer; that is not my style (Improvisational Quotes) It’s not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling (Improvisational Quotes) Writing is very improvisational. It’s like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of tinkering (Improvisational Quotes) I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life (Improvisational Quotes) My voice is my improvisational instrument, the melody instrument. The guitar is harmonic structure. I’m not a good enough guitarist to improvise on it (Improvisational Quotes) When it’s a sharing and improvisational meeting, where you’re riffing off other people’s ideas, that actually can be productive (Improvisational Quotes) I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I’m doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn’t work I can go back to what I know’s already there (Improvisational Quotes) My act is sort of improvisational. I have a skeleton in my head, but no fat or skin on it (Improvisational Quotes) As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life be bold. Don’t always worry about what your next line is going to be (Improvisational Quotes) Basketball, unlike football with its prescribed routes, is an improvisational game, similar to jazz. If someone drops a note, someone else must step into the vacuum and drive the beat that sustains the team (Improvisational Quotes)