“ There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book. ”
- Carson McCullers- Copy
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“ These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. ”
- Walter Benjamin- Copy
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“ I approach my work musically a lot in terms of the way maybe a jazz musician would approach an improvisation on a theme. ”
- Andy Garcia- Copy
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“ The concept of improvisation is an idea that's very close to my heart, but I can manifest that in a lot of different genres. It really comes from a jazz sensibility. ”
- Herbie Hancock- Copy
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“ To be honest I've worked with a few American actors now and I was looking forward to that you know, coming up in my career thinking Yeah I'd like to work with some Americans because they seem to be very, very comfortable with improvisation. But that has not been my experience at all… ”
- Robert Carlyle- Copy
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“ I had a great time doing 'Scrooged.' Bill Murray was incredibly generous to me. There was a lot of improvisation, which I felt very intimidated by. I think he sensed that, and he would kind of throw me some lines and things to use. ”
- John Glover- Copy
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“ In France, the auditions and the plays aren't good, they're too laid back. And I remember in the London school you had a voice teacher, you had an improvisation course, you had to study authors, you had a lot of things. In France, you just act in a lot of scenes, but it's too vague. ”
- Eva Green- Copy
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“ I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground. ”
- John McLaughlin- Copy
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