Bring a Brick

When you start a scene, bring a brick not a cathedral.
Possibly Del Close?

This quote has followed me around thought my improv career. I read somewhere and now can’t find the attribution to it. I always ascribe it to Del Close, but as I can’t find it’s source, I’m really not sure any more. There is a very similar quote in the Second City Almanac of Improvisation on page 103. If anyone knows where this quote comes from, please let me know.

This entry was written by Ben Whitehouse, posted on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 9:00 am, filed under Quotes and tagged del_close, Improv. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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delsskull

Posted Monday, February 5, 2007 at 5:00 pm | Permalink
Ben Whitehouse

Posted Monday, February 5, 2007 at 5:49 pm | Permalink

You are so quiet del’s skull.
Mackenzie

Posted Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at 10:18 pm | Permalink

why no bastion link?!
Ben Whitehouse

Posted Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 10:46 am | Permalink

Total oversight. Thanks Mackenzie.

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