Favorite Improv Quotes

[sara farr]

We are bringing her out in October by the way.

Gawd! yes!!

[SarahMarie]

Jill Bernard in our first If It Makes You Happy Class:

" I don't remember which is the yin and which is the yang but you're the other one".

[Asaf]

Jill also cited a great Gilda Radner quote:

"Be ugly onstage. Be pretty at the party afterward."

[KathyRose]

Ran across this quote from Alan Watts:

Krishnamurti spoke a great deal about being choicelessly aware. He said, "Freedom is precisely the state of not having to choose." Now, that sounds quite paradoxical, because we are always talking about freedom of choice, but choice in this sense of the word is not a form of freedom.

What is choice in Krishnamurti's sense of the word? It is the act of hesitation that comes before making a decision. It is a mental wobbling, much like when some people take up a pen to write but don't just start writing; they jiggle the pen around indecisively for a while and then start.

When a person comes into a room and hesitates and wonders who to talk to, in that moment he is choosing. Whereas when a person comes into a room and goes up to someone without waiting to choose, we say he is decisive. But that is a funny thing to say, because it really means that he hadn't stopped to decide.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

Neil Gaiman, talking about writing alone versus live performance...

http://play.sydneyoperahouse.com/index. ... stage.html

part of a 13 part interview in Sydney with some great insights to storytelling of all stripes, but this seemed the most aproprov. :p

[michaelmcgeary]

'you can't make a man go through your door to enter his own house'...michael mcgeary
'fuck the piece, save the actor'..del close
And the best advice ever given an actor ,from george burns:"always take your wallet on stage with you"

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

And the best advice ever given an actor ,from george burns:"always take your wallet on stage with you"

probably good from a financial security standpoint, but i can't have anything in my pockets when i go onstage or i feel oddly out of balance. lol!

[acrouch]

And the best advice ever given an actor ,from george burns:"always take your wallet on stage with you"

probably good from a financial security standpoint, but i can't have anything in my pockets when i go onstage or i feel oddly out of balance. lol!

I take everything out of my pockets except for my phone so I can check the time.

[Marc Majcher]

And the best advice ever given an actor ,from george burns:"always take your wallet on stage with you"

probably good from a financial security standpoint, but i can't have anything in my pockets when i go onstage or i feel oddly out of balance. lol!

I take everything out of my pockets except for my phone so I can check the time.

I leave my phone in one pocket, wallet in the other. For security, balance, and time checking. Best of all worlds!

[michaelmcgeary]

hahaha you guys is a hooters..It's george's way of telling you that even the great george burns can't give advice on acting, all he can do is relate experience...but youse guys 'r probly on stage timing your scene and getting your lines texted in. Hey has anybody tried that..improvise a scene.the audience texts lines to the actors..the actors 'flesh them out' with who what when where etc. how would that work?

[Brad Hawkins]

I clean out my pockets. You never know when the scene is going to call for falling down, and I'd hate for my phone to pay for my commitment. I also don't need my wallet -- odds are there is not going to be a lot of merchandise available for purchase on stage.

[Marc Majcher]

youse guys 'r probly on stage timing your scene and getting your lines texted in. Hey has anybody tried that..improvise a scene.the audience texts lines to the actors..the actors 'flesh them out' with who what when where etc. how would that work?

Yep, I did that a few weeks ago during a scene in the Fancy Pants Mashup show. Gave the audience my phone number, and had them text lines to me, to be used in a "blind line" kind of scene. So. Many. Texts. All at once. It was kind of a clusterfuck, but a huge load of fun.

[bradisntclever]

youse guys 'r probly on stage timing your scene and getting your lines texted in. Hey has anybody tried that..improvise a scene.the audience texts lines to the actors..the actors 'flesh them out' with who what when where etc. how would that work?

Yep, I did that a few weeks ago during a scene in the Fancy Pants Mashup show. Gave the audience my phone number, and had them text lines to me, to be used in a "blind line" kind of scene. So. Many. Texts. All at once. It was kind of a clusterfuck, but a huge load of fun.

I've done it for a few shows and have been surprised at the people who decide to send texts on and off for a few days after the show. One of them was definitely Sean Hill.

[Rev. Jordan T. Maxwell]

overheard from Amanda Palmer during the Dresden Dolls show at La Zona Rosa in November whilst having her keyboard elevated mid-concert. it's my new favorite quote, especially apropos of improv, and the only reason i haven't added it before now is that i thought i already had. :p

"There's a fine line between perfection and not knowing what the fuck you're doing." -Amanda Palmer

[chadhot]

"your politeness hurts my balls" Cody Dearing