Quotes About Acting

In the happy scenes there were really fun times. Sean would say really funny stuff because he likes to improv. I would want to laugh, but you are not allowed to do that during the take.

Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.

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

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

I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes.

Improv is such a huge part of my background, and a huge part of character discovery is really being inside the character and trying to think through them without the limitations of the script.

Improv acting is not just saying the lines but connecting with the other actor.

The thing about improv that I really love in scripted television is that it really makes a moment authentic.

Looking back, when my cousins and I were kids, we'd put together these little skits - these 10-minute improv scenes. I didn't really understand what I was doing - that I was writing these mini-sketches and acting - but we were all totally into it.

I've always wanted to make an improv movie because I have so much experience in it.

In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.

When I work on a movie, I never aim for records, collections or the number one position. I always concentrate on my work and look for ways to improve my acting abilities. I also advise my co-stars not to concentrate on these pretty issues and just focus on acting.

Abhishek Chaubey has improved my craft, as I learnt so much on set.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

Theatre worked as a big boost and improved my film career.

My focus is on acting where I am fully engrossed in and improving myself.

'Sicario' was a lot of improvisation.

The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.

If I improvise at all on 'The Goldbergs,' it's with the physical stuff.

I went to theater school, and if I spent time with one school of thought in this whole acting game, it's the Meisner approach of improvise-based acting. This does not mean that you improvise your acting, but that you focus on the other person.

I sometimes improvise, and that's what I call 'massaging the character.'

Many times I'll improvise it, which isn't done a lot in movies or commercials. But a lot of my commercials are improvised.

It's always fun to improvise.

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.