What all my years in improvisation taught is that - if you're going to grow as a performer - you have to try some new things. You've got to be willing to take a few risks.
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Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure.
What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.
I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there.
The interesting thing about improvisation is you're making something up in front of the audience. Now music helps you out a little bit because you have an instrument that'll separate you from the audience.
I've always been into improvisation.
There is no facet of my professional life that doesn't require or request improvisation.
What you learn from working with other performers and musicians is invaluable, really, and can only help you grow. I mean, if you spend your whole life focusing on yourself, you're not really learning much.
Once I started performing I knew that's what I wanted to do with my life. But you have to work really hard to be a performer.
Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
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