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.
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I always feel in improv that nothing is ever as good once it's repeated.
Once we got the scene down, we were told to improv.
I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.
I love improv so much. Listening. I think that's the key. When you improvise, you put a lot of pressure on yourself to create, and to be generating information, and trying to be funny, but if you just listen to what's being said to you, and then react honestly, you generally get better results.
With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.
I think there's something really freeing about improv, that it's a collective, creative, in-the-moment piece. That's really exciting and really frustrating, because it's there and gone. There's an amazing interaction with the audience that happens because they are very much another scene partner.
I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense.
I'm convinced to do improv. All you have to do is listen to what people are saying to you, and then just add more information to what they've just said. That's all there is to improv, but it's the hardest thing to do.
I know how to have a conversation, but I've never done improv. I've never taken improv classes.
What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.