“When we approached the project, the very first thing we did was take each character and say, "Okay, where would this character be?" We didn't want them to be caricatures of themselves. We wanted them to live and breathe, and grow with the audience and with us.” WantFirstsCharacterWantedGrowsAudienceProjectsOkayBreatheCaricatures Author:Jon Hurwitz
“The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able to surprise myself every day, I can surprise you as well. If I enjoy someone's work and they offer me their project, I do it. So what's the point of the supposed creativity? If Mona Lisa could be made by anyone, then it wouldn't have been the most beautiful painting in the world. The knowledge that you can fail can make you come first.” PeopleIfsWorldFirstsWellsHas BeensMadeI CanProblemAbleBeautifulEnjoyLosesCreativityFailingPaintingOffersProjectsCapacitySurpriseMona LisaBeautiful Paintings Author:Shahrukh Khan
“See... What I felt they should have done, for our first public works project, is build a giant wall... across the entire border of Canada. Because that's where the cold air comes from.” ShouldFirstsDoneFeltAirWallColdProjectsShould HaveBordersGiantsCanadaCold Air Author:Lewis Black
“If we're honest with ourselves, our user experience hadn't kept up with the competition. In the first ten years eBay created the market. Now we're positioning ourselves to innovate off our core platform. This is not a project. We're never done.” IfsYearsFirstsDoneHonestTenProjectsCompetitionCoreUsersPlatformsUser ExperienceEbay Author:John Donahoe
“Always take yourself seriously... it's not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the small little ideas that creep up in your mind, often contain the germ of a much larger project. All great art wasn't born as great art. It first needed to be recognized by the artist him/herself. Through his or her belief in it, it became true.” MindFirstsLittlesArtImportantIdeasSelfArtistBeliefBornNeededProjectsGreat ArtAssuredCreepsGermsPompous Author:Wolfgang Tillmans
“When I first saw Spiderman, I had no idea who he was. I later read in an article that he doesn't work much because he only picks projects he believes in.” FirstsBelieveIdeasSawsProjectsPicksNo IdeaArticles Author:Tobey Maguire
“Albom with Trent Willmon is the first project that I haven't had to scrap money together for. The is the first time I've used any outside songs at all; until now it's only been stuff that I've written. This is also the first album of mine that's had any co-writes on it, as well. It's a big step, coming off of anything we've ever done before.” WritingFirstsWellsDoneBigsTogetherUsedSongStuffStepsWrittenHavensMinesProjectsFirst TimeAlbumsScrap Author:Curtis Grimes
“I've been on projects before where there's no rehearsal, and you walk in on set and that's literally the first time you've ever played the character, and then I've had times where there's been three weeks of rehearsal. I like both.” FirstsCharacterThreeWalksWeekProjectsFirst TimeRehearsal Author:Josh Hutcherson
“I have written screenplays. Most recently for Errol Morris, who was thinking about doing his first fiction movie, and with a young director who wanted to adopt Project X. Errol was a hoot. I loved talking with him. We were a good match, too, because we both kept joking that we'd found the only other person on earth more ambivalent than we were about the project.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsWantedEarthYoungFoundFictionTalkingWrittenDirectorsProjectsScreenplaysAmbivalentHootMorris Author:Jim Shepard
“I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.” MindFirstsSongFiveProjectsMusicalAlbumsAmbitiousArtwork Author:St. Lucia
“The beginning of a project or anything is what makes me feel vulnerable. How to take that first step. And the ending of anything. How to release what you know and leap into the unknown.” KnowsFeelsFirstsStepsProjectsVulnerableReleaseLeapFirst Steps Author:Regina Taylor
“I love writing. I love getting lost in creative projects when I'm going through a tough transition in life. I always keep in mind that it's not the first time something painful has happened, and just like I got through other troubles, the one at hand will pass as well.” WritingMindFirstsWellsHandsLostCreativeHappenedTroubleProjectsToughFirst TimePainfulTransitionGetting Lost Author:Melanie Iglesias
“I had to create a children's show, because we wanted the money - and it was, interestingly enough, the first project at the Angel Island theatre space. We did the show, an adaptation of Grimm's Fairy Tales. It was hardcore Grimm - nothing was sanitized - and it was called 'The Mary-Arrchie Kid's Show.' It was well-received, and so I applied to do it through Urban Gateways in Chicago.” FirstsWellsChildrenEnoughShowsKidsWantedSpaceProjectsAngelTheatreTalesIslandsFairyChicagoFairy TaleMaryUrbanAdaptationHardcoreGatewaysGrimm Author:Richard Cotovsky
“Did you know that Nuremberg courtroom was designed so that the Allies could project movies during the trial? And, also so that they could film the trial? The first movies that were shown were prepared by John Ford - a compilation of material from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen and Dachau. But here comes an interesting part. Did you know they lit (using fluorescent tubes) the defendants so they could be filmed watching the films that were shown during the trial?” KnowsFirstsFilmInterestingMaterialsProjectsPreparedTrialsLiberationAlliesLitTubesDid You KnowCourtroomCompilationNurembergDachau Author:Errol Morris
“I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. So Peter's known that I've been heading towards directing for a long time. But I always thought my first outing would be a couple of people and a digital camera in the back streets of London somewhere!” PeopleFirstsLongWould BeFilmKnownLordStreetsCoupleProjectsLong TimeCamerasLondonRingsDigitalPeterHeadingsShort FilmsVideogameDigital Cameras Author:Andy Serkis
“It was a book [George Packer written on our presence in Nigeria] that was killed by the response of other people. Which sounds quite cowardly, perhaps, but it was the first manifestation of what is currently a really big issue: how political correctness defines the limits of what you can do. In that sense, it was super-exciting and maybe the most magical project we did, but at the same time fraught with mixed feelings.” PeopleFirstsBookFeelingsBigsPoliticalSoundCan DoIssuesWrittenLimitsProjectsExcitingResponseManifestationPolitical CorrectnessCowardlyNigeriaCorrectnessPackersMixed Feelings Author:Rem Koolhaas
“When Donald Trump's projects go under, the first people that don't get paid are the contractors that he's - some of whom have gone bankrupt. They're calling me. I'm getting nonstop e-mails and calls now from people that have been scammed by Donald Trump. And their stories are heartbreaking.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensStoriesGoneTrumpCallingProjectsPaidMailHeartbreakingContractor Author:Marco Rubio
“I remember when I first got the call from Beyoncé to work on the project, and the mood that she was in and she was feeling, she wanted New Orleans-inspired music to be incorporated to the stuff she was doing. Creole-type stuff. Zydeco... She wanted that type of inspiration.” FirstsFeelingsInspirationWantedRememberStuffTypeProjectsInspiredMoodRemember WhenNew OrleansCreole Author:Rodney Jerkins
“So, first, I wanted to be a part of the project because I thought it was an important story to tell. On top of that, it's rare to find roles for strong, young, feisty women, especially in a military film. And I love that Suarez ends up being the moral compass of the story, and that she's also brave enough to stand up to all these men.” MenFirstsImportantEndsEnoughStoriesWantedFilmYoungStrongMoralRolesMilitaryProjectsBraveCompassMoral CompassFeistySuarez Author:Zoe Kravitz
“Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean energy could be the first step on a path to global peace and global democracy - even in today's deeply troubled world.” WorldFirstsBelieveTodayEnergyI BelieveCommonStepsDemocracyPathOur LivesProjectsCleanFirst StepsRenewable EnergyClean EnergyGlobal Peace Author:Ross Gelbspan
“After you finish the first 90% of a project, you have to finish the other 90%.” FirstsProjectsProgramming Author:Michael Abrash
“I think the feeling that we're going to work together again usually starts to come up before the first project's even done. The Black Keys and I have already talked about starting on something new.” ThinkingFirstsDoneFeelingsTogetherBlackKeysProjectsStartingCome UpWorking TogetherSomething NewGoing To WorkTogether AgainBlack Keys Author:Steven Soderbergh
“I first had money for investment just at the time of the 2008 crisis and shares have been highly volatile since then. So I do have shares in my pension but I have tended to invest in specific projects that include property and private companies that have been very well researched by my advisers.” FirstsWellsHas BeensCompanyShareProjectsCrisisPropertyInvestmentPensionAdviser Author:Andy Murray
“When I was 15 and then 16 years old, I spent two summers in Nicaragua for a service project. I took Spanish classes the first week and got acclimated to Central America. I loved it.” YearsFirstsTwoAmericaClassWeekProjectsSummerNicaraguaCentral America Author:Eden Sher
“I'm a project guy, but when my list of things to do gets too long or involved, it can stress me out to the point of catatonia. So I focus on the small stuff first and keep the larger picture as motivation - but not so close that it overwhelms.” FirstsLongMotivationGuyStuffFocusInvolvedProjectsStressListsThings To DoSmall Stuff Author:Michael Lomenda
“When we conducted focus group interviews in the first municipality in Brazil before initiating the pilot project, a woman commented: Getting an appointment in the public sector municipal health services is like "winning the lottery." I would like to make it possible for many women and men in Latin America to win the lottery and receive the type of reproductive health services they so urgently need.” MenNeedsFirstsAmericaWinningFocusGroupsTypeProjectsMen And WomenInterviewsLatinPilotsLatin AmericaLotteryBrazilAppointmentsPublic SectorMunicipalityReproductive HealthFocus GroupsHealth ServicesWinning The Lottery Author:Ruth Simmons
“When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.” IfsWritingFirstsI CanDifficultProjectsProductiveIndispensableDifficult TimesSwitching Author:Marc Guggenheim
“There came [a script called] “Dracula Sucks.” Now, I liked “Dracula Sucks,” but we gotta change [the title]. They said, “If you like that, you’re going to like this: ‘Zorro the Gay Blade.’” I decided I was going to go out and raise the money and develop my own projects. And that’s what I did. I made “Love at First Bite” and I made “Zorro the Gay Blade.” [Script rewriter Hal Dresner] and I put together “Zorro” in about eight weeks.” IfsFirstsMadeSaidTogetherMy OwnWeekGayProjectsDecidedRaisesScriptsEightTitlesBitesThey SaidBladesZorro Author:George Hamilton
“I have a company where I'm trying to get projects off the ground. Me and my partner Madeleine Sackler, we just shot our first feature in a maximum security prison where about 95% of the cast were incarcerated men. We're editing that and there's a doc going with it.” MenTryingFirstsCompanySecurityProjectsShotsPrisonCastsPartnersFeaturesEditingMaximumMadeleines Author:Boyd Holbrook
“The thing I learned is that the work is getting done by people who dig in and work on a particular project: the people who spend 20 years sustaining a theater for black teenagers in Chicago; the people who reintroduce sticklebacks into Strawberry Creek in Berkeley and then wait patiently for the first egrets to show up.” PeopleYearsFirstsDoneShowsWaitingBlackParticularProjectsTheaterTeenagerChicagoSustainingStrawberriesCreeksBerkeley Author:Robert Hass
“The bigger problem still is that it determines in many ways what movies get made in the first place. Because as sources of finance are considering a project, they ask themselves, "Does this lend itself to a simplistic marketing approach which will guarantee a big opening weekend?" As a movie-goer, I think that's tragic, because when you look back at those movies that made us fall in love with movies in the first place, most of them were not high-concept, and most of them would not have "won their weekend."” ThinkingWayFirstsLooksDoeMadeStillsProblemBigsFallAsksSourceProjectsApproachConceptsBiggerFalling In LoveMarketingDetermineOpeningFinanceGuaranteesTragicWeekendConsideringBigger Problems Author:Curtis Hanson
“Suri is my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.” KnowsGivingFirstsMeanImportantWantedSpecialProjectsDaughterThanksFeaturesMy DaughterSpecial To Me Author:Katie Holmes
“In churches, we see that getting people to show up for a prayer meeting is a lot more difficult than a concert or service project or just about anything else. So we were thinking, we're stepping into some unknown territory here that could be as profitable, or it could be a box-office flop, but there was a rightness about it. And so this whole idea of the war room being like a spiritual warfare room, a place of prayer where you get alone with God and you're making your decisions and you're dealing with your issues first in prayer.” PeopleThinkingFirstsIdeasWarWholeShowsSpiritualDifficultChurchPrayerDecisionRoomsIssuesOfficeProjectsMeetingsBoxesConcertsTerritoryWarfareProfitableSpiritual WarfareBox OfficePrayer MeetingAlone With God Author:Stephen Kendrick
“We grew up in a praying home [with Alex Kendrick], we saw incredible answers to prayer in our parents' lives, they grew up in praying homes, our father launched a Christian school with nothing, basically he had some people that believed in the project but they had very little resources, and we watched our parents deal with those issues first in prayer, and then when they went out knocking on doors they saw amazing doors answered and resources come in.” PeopleFirstsLittlesHomeSchoolChristianFatherParentPrayerAnswersDealsIssuesSawsDoorsGrewPrayingProjectsGrew UpResourcesIncrediblesOur FatherAlexKnockingAnswers To PrayerChristian SchoolsKnocking On Doors Author:Stephen Kendrick
“The first set of questions to ask yourself when you're doing cost cutting is relatively straightforward, which is, you know, can you use the necessity of cost cutting as an opportunity to do pruning or trimming for projects that aren't being as successful? But, you know, frequently those are the easy ones. I mean, there's always some kind of social costs internal to the company, but that's the easy way of looking at the future.” KnowsWayFirstsKindMeanUseAsksOpportunitySocialEasyCompanySuccessfulCuttingCostProjectsInternalsStraightforwardEasy WayPruningTrimming Author:Reid Hoffman
“First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.” WritingFirstsI CanTwoWishCreativeFocusProjects Author:Judy Blume