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

I know there are some actors who are just brilliant at improvising and brilliant at just being in the moment and doing it there and then. I'm not one of those actors.

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

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

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

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

When I worked with Robin Williams, now there is improv! He is just as funny as you think he is. We did at least five or six takes of every scene, improvising every scene differently. He was a riot.