off script
- improvisedCreated without prior planning
- ad-libUnscripted speech or remark
- spontaneousArising without external cause
- unscriptedNot pre-written
- unrehearsedNot practiced beforehand
winging · freestyle · deviation · tangent · rambling · unplanned · extemporaneous · riffing · gaffe · blunder · slip-up · candid · raw · authentic · loose · derailed · teleprompter · cue
adherence to prepared material
off scriptscripted
Written out beforehand
by the book · word for word · verbatim · to the letter · rehearsed
predictability and control
off scripton message
Adhering to approved talking points
disciplined · controlled · predictable · toeing the line · playing it safe