“The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.” TryingFirstsSoundLike YouBandFirst TimeBoxesSpendingIntenseChecksWowInitialsNarcotics Author:Ian MacKaye
“As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But there's also something about it that every time you really feel like you're doing it for the first time; you have no idea whether you're capable of it.” FeelsFirstsIdeasActorsLike YouCapableFirst TimeNo Idea Author:Brit Marling
“I feel like you have to constantly keep proving yourself, and you have to constantly keep getting out there and showing them you're more than just that one song on the radio that's just playing. And that's what I had to do the first time around; I had to keep going out there and keep performing live.” FeelsFirstsSongLike YouProveFirst TimeRadioPerformingKeep GoingGoing OutProving YourselfPerforming Live Author:Bruno Mars
“It's like seeing someone for the first time, and you look at each other for a few seconds, and there's this kind of recognition like you both know something. Next moment the person's gone, and it's too late to do anything about it.” KnowsFirstsLooksKindPersonsMomentsNextGoneSeeingLike YouLateFirst TimeRecognitionToo LateSecondsRomantic LoveMost RomanticBeautiful RomanticRomantic CoupleRomantic Person Author:Elmore Leonard
“As a citizen I felt appalled that we WENT TO WAR over faulty information - that felt false or at least "stretched" from the first time they started to push the idea that Iraq and 9/11 were connected, though they didn't seem to be and there was no logical reason for thinking they were. It's like your neighbors the Smiths burned your house down, and then the next day you retaliated by burning down the Jones' house.” ThinkingFirstsIdeasWarReasonSeemsNextHouseFeltInformationLike YouCitizensFirst TimeDown AndIraqConnectedNeighborBurningLogicalBurnedNext DayBurning Down Author:Christopher Durang
“I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this. Watching Mel Brooks and Monty Python and SNL and all that stuff really informed me as a writer and then at high school I started a satire magazine and the college like The Lampoon really introduced me to like you know a lot of very like-minded people who really wanted to like comedy was the center of their lives.” PeopleKnowsFirstsBelieveI CanWantedSchoolRememberReadingStuffCan DoComedyCollegeLike YouHigh SchoolFirst TimeMagazinesSatireBrooksDaveBelieve You CanPythonSnlMonty Author:Nicholas Stoller
“There's definitely a psychology to making you feel important and like you're part of the game. It's a very special quality, especially with a first-time director.” FeelsFirstsImportantGamesQualityPsychologySpecialLike YouDirectorsFirst Time Author:Jennifer Coolidge
“When someone new comes on and has their first nude scene - and even if it's not full nudity - it's always a weird, awkward setup. We have these famous merkins which are sort of toupees for your delicate areas to make it look like you're naked but cover you up a little bit. But we joke around a little bit with the newbies who are trying that stuff on for the first time.” IfsTryingFirstsLooksLittlesStuffBitsLike YouSceneLittle BitJokesFirst TimeAreasNakedOver YouDelicateAwkwardNuditySetups Author:Deborah Ann Woll
“Tommy Nohilly, who plays Tubby [ Valley of Violence], he came down to see the movie for the first time and I was like, "You've got to come just to see people react to your [big scene]." I knew that would go well, but it's satisfying to me when he's sitting there and it actually does.” PeopleFirstsWellsDoePlayBigsViolenceLike YouSceneSittingFirst TimeValleysSatisfying Author:Ti West
“My brother is like, "You are a Victoria's Secret Angel?" He cannot believe it. When I told him the first time he was like, "You? On that catwalk?" So it's such an amazing surprise for me in my career to be able to do this.” BelieveSecretBrotherLike YouAngelFirst TimeSurpriseMy Brother Author:Elsa Hosk