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There are very few actors who are truly good at improvising; that's a real skill.

There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson.

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.

I think people are always really surprised when they realise I'm not a very serious person and that I'm not tremendously serious about acting. I don't like to rehearse; I hate improv. Directors that don't like to talk, they're my favourite ones.

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

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.

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.

I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

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