My theory is that everything an actor does, from the way he looks at his watch to the way he moves across the stage, is in the service of advancing a story, and in that sense, it's all writing. In that sense we, while acting, write.

I'm a bug on acting, which distinguishes Second City from a lot of other revues. It comes from the character, the behavior, and not from the jokes. I don't think jokes are funny. Humor comes out of character and out of situations the character is in.

The stock actor is a stage calamity

Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

Everything moves way too fast.

Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.