Quotes About Comedy

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

I can't do impressions.

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

There was an improv class in our high school, and we all ended up taking it and loving it. Then we just started our own thing.

I've never done stand-up in my life. I don't know if that's entirely interesting, but I came up in improv.

I'm not an improv guy.

There's a lot of improv in 'Girls'.

I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.

Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.

I've always loved improv. It's my thing.

My background is in improv and writing.

I grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was only 16 - you really had to be 18, but they never checked me for ID.

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 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.

River City Improv set the stage for my career.

I'm an improviser. I came up doing improv at the U.C.B. Theater in New York for seven years. That's where I started, so improv is what I love.

I have the improv background, but stand-up is different.

That was a huge part of my training, doing improv in Chicago.

When I moved to New York, I didn't know how much improv and comedy would play into my life. I thought I was going to do theater and Broadway and stuff.

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.

In bluegrass, there's a lot of joke-telling and a lot of banter between bandmates. It's like improv or watching the 'Carol Burnett Show.'

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.

In high school, we would do improv. Me and my boy were, like, the stars of the class.

So much of improv can be really long, and that's kind of what makes it funny.