When I first started taking improv classes, I wanted to make myself more confident in the face of adversary. It definitely worked. When on an improv stage, you're constantly tackled by problems that need to be overcome in order for a scene to be continuous. Sometimes the answers to those problems require a bold move. Sometimes they require complete silence. How can improv actors continually find these answers without being mentally worn out.

Well, it turns out they're not thinking at all. Rather improv actors live in the scene. They play everything to the top of their intelligence. It's not acting, but living. How does living produce funny material? Well it turns out that life itself can be very absurd. But since we live in it everyday, we just don't realize it.