“That's total mech waste. I'm glad I trusted my gut and didn't hand this thing over to the Order. I'm glad I sat with this commonplace for so many units. I'm not sure if I've ever believed in the transmogrification. I'm not too sure if I cared very much about this book at all. But I think if I had handed this book over to the Order, Mr. Smalls and his cronies would have burned this book. Even if I am not sure about the transmogrification of the data I can see now so many units later so much of Pop and Mabel’s cryptz in here. I think it's true what they say about youth thinking they’ve got it all figured out. I'm glad I attempted as hard as I could to stave off rigidity. So many of my fellow etceterists found their little box, climbed inside, had the box taped shut from the outside with the help of peer reinforcement, taped it from the inside too, parceled themselves off, and lost themselves in the realm of the archival sublime.” ConspiracyMagickJoyceCyberpunkCatechismExperimentalImprov Comedy Author:Chase Griffin
“I can barely forgive myself for the time when I negged Billy from my improv troupe onstage. He said, “I have a gift for you,” and my first instinct was to say, “No you don’t.” The scene died right then and there. See what happens when I try to nurture something? I know it seems dramatic to relate destroying an improv scene to possibly destroying a child’s life, but improv and child rearing are not so different. Both are jobs that people volunteer for and complain about endlessly, and they bore everyone around them as they talk about the process.” ImprovisationImprovImprov Comedy Book:I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids Source: I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids
“Well, I came down to LA initially to join The Groundlings, which is an improv comedy group. I didn't get in, of course, becaue I'm not a part of The Groundlings. I just assumed that I could walk in and take over. So they said: "Hit the road Jack." And I ended up getting an agent instead. They sent me out on a couple of leads and I ended up on a sitcom and Van Wilder thereafter and then pantsless with Sandra Bullock.” WellsSaidCoursesWalksComedyGroupsCoupleAgentsThey SaidVansSitcomWilderImprov Comedy Author:Ryan Reynolds
“And writing comedy and it really taught me how to kind of like craft jokes, it sounds like weird but really focus on crafting jokes and trying to make the writing really sharp. At the same time I did improv comedy in college, and that helped with understanding the performance aspect of comedy, you know, because it's different when you improv something vs. when you write it and they're both kind of part of my process now.” KnowsWritingTryingKindDifferentProcessUnderstandingSoundComedyFocusTaughtCollegeJokesAspectPerformancesCraftsWriting ComedyImprov Comedy Author:Nicholas Stoller
“I'm a goofball, so I think comedy is one of my stronger points, as an actor. I just never get to do it. But, I'm taking classes at Groundlings, where Will Ferrell and Lisa Kudrow studied, and it's all improv comedy. It feels good to be able to do that and be funny.” ThinkingFeelsAbleActorsClassComedyStrongerFeel GoodImprov Comedy Author:Tinsel Korey
“We kind of lost a lot of that and puppeteers were sticking to the script and we thought everything needed to get a lot funnier, so we thought we would go to a good improv comedy instructor.” KindLostComedyNeededScriptsInstructorsPuppeteerImprov Comedy Author:Brian Henson
“I always loved acting and improv and sketch comedy and theater, which I did at a local youth theater.” ActingComedyYouthTheaterLocalsSketch ComedyImprov Comedy Author:Emma Stone
“I got involved in improv comedy. It settled me down when I was getting wild. I was sort of an evil teenager smashing up my cars and drinking and driving, let's just say, a lot.” EvilComedyCarInvolvedDrinkingDrivingTeenagerSmashingDrinking And DrivingImprov Comedy Author:Bruce McCulloch
“There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy.” WritingFormActingComedySevenBadmintonImprov Comedy Author:T. J. Miller