Executives and studios really like to have control over their product. They panic or they're not secure enough to trust in the powers of really amazing improv people.
Harland WilliamsI think life would be so much funnier if every day you saw someone walking down the street getting hit in the head by a monkey.
Harland WilliamsI hate when you go into a nice restaurant - someplace where youre going to spend good money - and there are kids in there crying.
Harland WilliamsI love the theater of the mind because you can go anywhere. You can say anything, and you pull people in. [You] can be jumping out of a window or riding a cow or having bubble-wrap sex or spraying your body with Pam and sliding out of your chair.
Harland WilliamsEverything's a conspiracy and everything's not a conspiracy. You could look at this planet and go, "This is all a conspiracy. God made this to test us to see if we'll use the nukes." You can let your mind believe anything.
Harland WilliamsThe thing I love about sketch is sometimes it leads you as opposed to you leading it. So, I don't go out there [thinking], "Oh, I want to make this as silly as possible." In fact, sometimes I get the most enjoyment out of a sketch that plays very real - and it's so real that it's just funny.
Harland Williams