It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It was pretty much the way that it was when I first read it, although one exception would be that some ideas that I had were also incorporated into the script.
The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.
There's always some room for improvisation.
If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.
When improvisation is properly applied, it is compositional thinking, sped way up.
People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.
Improvisation, if you play it at the top of your intelligence, leads to a kind of truth that people find really accessible.
We did have a script, but it didn't consist of the routines and gags. It outlined the basic story idea and just a plan for us to follow. But when it came to each scene, we and the gagmen would work out ideas.
From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.