You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

I think when a lot of actors hear improv, they think of throwing a line in or doing a slightly different take.

First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

You're not a slave to those test audiences.