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Rhys Darby Quote: 'I'm used to sort of improvising ...'

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A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.
Paul Feig
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Boxing is a lot of preparation and then improvising, so there are parallels to being an actor.


Seth Numrich
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You're just sort of searching for this 'thing' and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.
John Abercrombie
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I think in a lot of romantic comedies it ends with a kiss, and I feel like in modern day relationships, and maybe just my own experience, it starts with a kiss and then all sort of falls apart and then comes together. You're texting. You're wondering what's going on. There's no definitions, there's no labels.
Elizabeth Meriwether
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I love improvising.


Lasse Hallstrom
My roles in comedies from 'Austin Powers' to 'Tommy Boy' to 'Wayne's World,' were sort of comedic 'straight man' parts. My character on 'Parks & Recreation' is the comic relief in a comedy. To play a character that appears strictly for laughs is sort of new for me and really fun.
Rob Lowe
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I was offered a lot of supporting crazy parts in comedies because that's all I had done.


Bill Hader
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That's what I hate about a lot of comedies, when you're hitting a line or making it funny.


Jennifer Aniston
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Yeah, improvising only really works 100% when you're with somebody.


Bill Hader
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I was making a lot of 8mm home movies, since I was twelve, making little dramas and comedies with the neighborhood kids.
Steven Spielberg
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I get a lot of flack from critics that my comedies are all over the place, my dramas are all over the place, they're schizophrenic - as if I don't know that!
Tyler Perry
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Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.
Billy Crystal
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I'm biased toward romantic comedies; they're probably my favorite genre.


Jason Fuchs
My younger brother and I have been writing together, mainly for fun, for years, but we've been improvising together since we were kids. Literally.
Ty Burrell
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Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.


Norman Jewison
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I like really stupid comedies.


Greta Van Susteren
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Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.


Stephen Sondheim
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There's not many good comedies to watch - you know, comedies that make you glad you watched them.


B. J. Novak
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In a lot of comedies, they kind of take all the problems away from the women. They give her great clothes, great hair; she almost always owns an artisanal shop, like a cheese shop in Manhattan.
Melissa McCarthy
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When we were making Speaking in Tongues and Remain in Light, we were jamming. From that we were taking the best bits and then recording and improvising on top of those.
Tina Weymouth
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