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Quotes About Improvise

Jazz is something that's constantly changing. Its sole purpose is to let people improvise, to let them solo differently each time they play. And that's always been what I like best.
~ Allan Holdsworth
My solo stuff for live shows is very meandering. I write a lot of slower bits that give me room to improvise and play with a character.
~ Patti Harrison
I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.
~ Kate DiCamillo
I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.
~ Mark Ruffalo
Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice?
~ Thomas Harris
You'll start talking, and pretty soon we'll all start nodding, and then the next thing you know, I'm hang gliding off the Eiffel Tower at night, being chased by ninja vampires
~ Kathy Reichs
So what's the plan?" Ben asked. "Go inside. Look around. Improvise." "Brilliant." Hi stroked his chin. "Quick question: Is having no plan the same as having a terrible plan, or are those different categories?
~ Kathy Reichs
Comedy depends on the unexpected.
~ Gene Perret
She occasionally daydreamed about being the sort of character in a story who could faint and leave everyone else to sort things out.
~ Genevieve Cogman
They did what soldiers always do. They improvised.
~ Geoffrey Norman
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
~ Isaac Asimov
Hardin once said: 'To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
~ Isaac Asimov
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.' I'll improvise.
~ Isaac Asimov
He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise
~ Isabel Allende
I think sometimes you can think up a story, but it's because you're comfortable doing that, but when you're an actor, one of the things that you have to do is take yourself out of your comfort zone.
~ Himesh Patel
When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise.
~ Charlie Haden
We never really know what's around the corner when we're filming - what turn a story will take, what a character will do or say to surprise us, how the events in the world will impact our story.
~ Barbara Kopple
I've never gotten hired for drama because I'm a good improviser. I don't think people who write drama scripts want you playing with them as much.
~ Matt Walsh
I improvise a lot and try something new every couple of years.
~ Kalki Koechlin
When I do an hour-and-a-half show, if I don't improvise 20 minutes worth of new material each night, I feel I've let myself down.
~ Buddy Hackett
Comedians walk out, get a feel for the crowd. If it's not going good, we change directions. If we got to drag your momma into this thing, we will. Whatever we got to do.
~ Steve Harvey
In the past, I have approximated the look of monkey fur and yak hair with human hair because it's inexpensive, and it lasts a long time.
~ Chris March
This is what I do for fun - brainstorm about monsters!
~ Drew Goddard
Whenever I make music, I just make it depending on however I feel at that moment and what I'm getting inspiration from, so it depends - whatever, it's just my mood.
~ WizKid