Amy Poehler Quotes About Improvisation

Quotes about: Improvisation

• I moved to Chicago in the early 1990s and I studied improvisation there. I learned some rules that I try to apply still today: Listen. Say yes. Live in the moment. Make sure you play with people who have your back. Make big choices early and often. Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you're scared, look into your partner's eyes — you will feel better.

  Amy Poehler

  Eye, Feel Better, Jumping

  Harvard University Class Day Commencement Address, delivered 26 May 2011

• When I began doing theatre in high school I saw that I could get laughs from people but I didn't really connect that to going on and becoming a comedian. I was interested in acting and while I was at Boston College I was part of an improv group, Mother's Fleabag, which had a long history and has been known as one of the best college improvisation groups in the U.S.

  Amy Poehler

  Mother, School, College

  Source: egomagazine.ae

• Improvisation is almost like the retarded cousin in the comedy world. We've been trying forever to get improvisation on TV. It's just like stand-up. It's best when it's just left alone. It doesn't translate always on TV. It's best live.

  Amy Poehler

  Cousin, Forever, Trying

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