Firsts Quotes - Page 228

As a kid, I couldn't articulate it but I sought out things that could. At first it was horror films - extreme panic and terror, grotesque and maniacal. These films calmed me and made me feel more connected in my experiences.

Our ultimate weapon is not our guns but our beliefs...The spread of freedom is the best security for the free. It is our last line of defense and our first line of attack.

I have been a fan of Jesse Terry since the first time I heard him. He's a humble - and humbling - talent.

When I first go out on stage, there are tummy bubbles everywhere.

There are problems with the single already. I don't want to put out the first single, Hit the Freeway.

Dan Spainhour is a terrific coach and educator. I had the pleasure of working several years with him, and I know that his knowledge and enthusiasm are first-rate.

Not long after I published my first book, I quickly found I was terrible at being interviewed.

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

I really love being in postproduction. First of all, it's all quite self-interested: You can protect things.

I can't remember what my first script was.

Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you.

First I think I was interested in the stories, and later on, I became more interested in the language itself, so the stories became almost secondary, but it was kind of a background music for my life.

What I said was that I was at first supportive of Bernie [Sanders] when he came to Los Angeles for his first rally, I was there, I was supportive.

I never know the right thing to say, especially during sex. After my first time, I said to the girl, 'That's it, I'm afraid'

If journalism is the first draft of history, then the Internet simply has provided a new means for delivering that draft far and wide very quickly.

I did an instrumental jazz album. That was my first album.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

The first rumors about Zenith came from the Czechoslovakians.

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

I have a big barn that I converted to my music studio, so I go there early in the morning and the first thing I do is rowing. And that's when I listen to a lot of music.

Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, don't be precious about your first draft, it's an architectural blueprint to a whole building, be your own worst critic, confront your weakness and remember it's a craft.

An actor puts himself in the hands of a director. And the director's first responsibility, obviously, is to tell the story, but the smallest thing that's not true reads on the screen. So if a director sees that an actor is not believable, he needs to help him become believable.

I remember music first artists second.

Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.