I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes.
You can do a whole scene in acting without ever checking in to what the other guy is saying - it's not going to come off great, but you can get through the scene - whereas in improv, that's gonna be impossible.
I've done lots of improv things but not a whole movie.
Honestly, my biggest education regarding improv comedy actually came on the job working for 'My Boys.'
I remember on 'Dr. Katz,' there was no script really at all. There were just scene outlines.
When I came to Chicago, I didn't even know what improvisation meant, as far as pertaining to comedy. I knew about Second City, but I didn't know what the word 'improvisation' meant.
'Step Brothers' itself, when I did it, I don't know if I had any idea that it would become a defining moment in my career and life like it has, and I'm really happy that that's the one that ended up being that for me.
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.
The truth of it is that people are not going to want to go to improvisational theater if it's not funny. You can succeed in doing all the things you're supposed to do - be truthful to scene - and if it's not funny, I'm telling you that no one's gonna care.
Stylistically, in improv, I don't think you can have as many camera tricks; I think you're kind of shooting more like a documentary: you don't know where it's going, so you have to hang back a little more.
I've got to follow in the footsteps of Sacha Baron Cohen and do a prank show, or a film with real elements to it.
I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.
You know I've never worked without a script before, but with Apatow, it's all improvisation. He calls out a premise, and you have to adapt.
We spent a lot of time together and had a great time with Mary Tyler Moore. And just working with her was like improv.
River City Improv set the stage for my career.
The word 'improv' always makes me feel a little anxious because I always feel like we'll have to pull props out of a bag and find 800 different ways to talk about a stick, the way you do in theater school.
'Step Brothers' is probably the film the most people who approach me want to talk about.
What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
Some people are good at performing in front of people like that, but I'm uncomfortable at it. I think maybe that's the difference between acting and being a performer. I don't think I'm a natural performer.
Everything's weird on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.'
In wrestling, I don't consider it acting because it's improv.
I really learned how to improvise at the Groundlings.It's something I've always loved to do. For some reason it feels more honest at times.
I'm not an improv guy. I'm not a nerd, I play one on television.
I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.'
I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
