“The biggest laughs I’ve ever had in my life are something going off the rails, something going wrong, something happening that wasn’t supposed to happen. And improv teaches you not to fear those moments; that’s where the gold is.” – Conan O’Brien
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“The only thing I want on stage is for you to push something into me.” – Greg Hess
Photo © Janna Giocoppo
“The ego is always there the moment you say ‘Am I doing this right?’” – David Razowsky
Photo © Kevin Thom
“Our scenes should always be in a state of being or becoming. A scene should move from a solid to a liquid to a gas.” – Christian Capozzoli, from “Aerodynamics Of Yes”
“Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s gonna happen next, and you are mostly just yanking ideas out of your ass as you go along.” – Stephen Colbert
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“Dare to suck.” – Sandy Jobin-Bevans
Photo © David Leyes
“We’re very well trained to listen to our scene partners. We tend not to listen to our own offers, so ‘Yes and’ your own information.” – Carmine Lucarelli
Photo © Kevin Thom
“When the audience isn’t laughing, that doesn’t mean that they’re not fascinated.” – Susan Messing
Photo © Rebecca Drysdale
(Quote from The Boiling Point Improv)
“No one will ever fucking say, ‘Awesome show, because it made sense.’” – Mick Napier
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“The fact that you’re on stage is already fascinating. You don’t have to work to invent something funny.” – David Pasquesi
Photo © Crista Flodquist
