#improvisation

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again. ↗

Out of 30 years of Second City I was probably the third African-American with the main stage cast. I was surprised when I first heard that. I think part of the reason that improvisation has never been popular with African-Americans is that it isn't popular in the inner cities. ↗

— Tim Meadows

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The thing about improvisation is that it's not about what you say. It's listening to what other people say. It's about what you hear. ↗

— Paul Merton

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Certain kinds of speed, flow, intensity, density of attacks, density of interaction... Music that concentrates on those qualities is, I think, easier achieved by free improvisation between people sharing a common attitude, a common language. ↗

— Evan Parker

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Improvisation is a compositional method. ↗

— Evan Parker

#improvisation #method

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

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All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room. ↗

— Martin Short

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The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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Improvisation is terribly haphazard. ↗

— Leo Ornstein

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Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. ↗