Scott Adsit Quotes

In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.

The hardest part about improv is getting the audience to relax and enjoy themselves, because most improv is not very good, and the audience is nervous for the performers the whole time. Not that they don't even like the show, but they feel bad for the performers.

These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new.

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

I started doing improv my sophomore year.

I started doing improv in college, and I really liked it.

I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.

Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was a completely improvised show.

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.

I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.

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

Chris Parnell's a genius, so he'd be amazing on 'Who's Line.'

The thing that's frustrating about improv is that even if you have the best show in the world, it's over when it's over. You get to build stand-up - I really like that aspect of it. I like writing jokes, and you don't get to do that in improv.

A lot of times when you're trying to do improv, everybody's doing a different style.

It's always hard to watch bad actors improv on your skit.

I generally enjoy talking with the audience - they give you so much. They've usually had a cocktail or two and they are wild, so it creates a fun environment.

I'd always liked having a laugh with my friends, and I'd done comedy in plays; but then my friends asked me to join this improv troupe and it went well and I started performing with them.

I'm obsessed with audiences and obsessed with the journey that an audience goes on.

There's nothing like performing in front of a live crowd and just having people literally react to whatever it is you do, and there's nothing better than when you get that connection with the audience.

Whether they cheer or whether they boo really doesn't bother me as long as they're paying attention.

You can't control how an audience responds to something. It's up to them.

The crowd is the crowd. You're gonna take them as an individual performer how you take them. The key is how do you learn from them. How do you use whatever is happening reaction-wise to get better.

'Rent' audiences tend to be pretty vocal. They scream and cheer a lot.

I took an improv class, and after my first class, I was like, 'Oh, I just want to do something like this. This is super fun.'