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The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.

— Ilana Glazer

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✓Similar Perspectives

Improv has been immensely beneficial to me as both an actor and a writer.

— Jim Rash

I did standup for a lot of years, too, but when you come out as a standup, you get the feeling from a crowd - it's a kind of a 'make me laugh' attitude. But when you come out as an improvisor, they realize that they're suggesting everything you do. So they're already invested in the scene, and they actually want it to work.

— Ryan Stiles

I'm more of a writer than an actor, and I used to say that I'm mostly an improviser, though I haven't improvised in awhile.

— Tina Fey

See, that's the thing: I'm not one of those actors who thinks, 'God, I've got to improvise and make it my own.' No, my first job as an actor is to take what's written and make it work. And then, if they want me to improvise, I'll do that.

— Rachael Harris

I have a tough time with stand-up because I am an improviser. I can riff; I can do crowd work, so I don't prepare.

— T. J. Miller

I think not every improviser is a good stage actor. Certainly not every stage actor is a good improviser.

— Rich Sommer

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

— Adam McKay

I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.

— Steve Buscemi

✗Opposing Perspectives

Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.

— Wayne Brady