#improvisation

Improvisation is too good to leave to chance. ↗

— Paul Simon

#good #improvisation #leave #too

To create characters, one must build background. And one of the tools we use is improvisation. ↗

— Harvey Keitel

#build #characters #create #improvisation #must

My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace cafe to a beautiful view. And as an actor, I loathe improvisation because there's no structure and no one knows what's going on. ↗

— Olivia Williams

#actor #always #beautiful #because #cafe

Much of what happens in Love Always is really from overheard conversations in the Russian Tea Room. It's an improvisation of the way certain Hollywood agents think and talk to each other. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#always #certain #conversations #each #happens

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact

We did very little improvisation on camera, and once in a while we did. ↗

— Peter Tork

#did #improvisation #little #once #very

All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#based #continue #created #fine #fine line

I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned. ↗

— Michael Bay

#always #feel #funny #funny stuff #i

People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be. ↗

— Jon Brion

#endless #improvisation #means #notes #over

When I think back now to the recording sessions, there is more improvisation than one hears. It's an ideal combination of arrangements and improvisation. Only a few people are able to listen and say what is composed and what is improvised. It's a unit. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#arrangements #back #combination #composed #few