The stage and the live crowd taught me to think on my feet, to improvise.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are times when I've had ideas walking down the street that I thought were great, and the minute I got onstage, I would think of them and go, 'Wow, that would never work,' even before I did it in front of the audience.
I never went to acting school, so improv was my training. Just being quick on your feet helps in everyday life.
Doing improv really got me started in my whole career.
I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.
I do an improv show on Sunday where we have a class, and then afterwards we go and do a live performance in front of an audience.
I was once doing an improv show and it was my turn to jump on stage and I fell on my face. It's a really terrible way to start a show.
The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
Once, right before a show, I realized I'd forgotten shoes. I didn't want to wear my flip-flops onstage because I could trip. I ended up going barefoot, which actually worked out because it became my 'thing.'
I was never that good on stage with live improv. I was much better on film or writing something and then thinking about it. I was too in my head when I was on stage.