Tommy Chong (Thomas B. Kin Chong) Quotes

I've always been into improvisation.

Tommy Chong

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• I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. Actually, when I did theater, I used to have a partner, and that was the way we used to write a lot of our sketches, through improvisation. So it's something I feel comfortable with.

  

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• I've always been into improvisation.

  

  Tommy Chong
  • Improvisation