All Quotes

The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. Earlier in my career, I was really tight, really together, and knew who I was and I was confident.
‐‐ Sarah Silverman

The first time I did stand-up was on a dare.
‐‐ Judy Gold

The first time I did stand-up was the summer I was 17.
‐‐ Sarah Silverman

The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It didn't really hit me how important it was until I drew a scene early-on in the book that featured Superman crossing paths with a giant, intergalactic space armada.
‐‐ Jim Lee

The first time I ever acted was in 'The Glass Menagerie' in high school, and my first line was, 'I didn't know Shakespeare had a sister.'
‐‐ Bill Hader

The first time I ever did a play, in junior high school, I said to myself, 'Hey, people like me doing this. I'm making them laugh.'
‐‐ Stephen Furst

The first time I ever got recognized, I was at Chipotle eating a face full of burrito, and a fan started filming me and said, 'Oh my gosh, that's the girl from 'Nerdy Nummies!'' They kind of waved a little, and I waved back with a burrito in my mouth.
‐‐ Rosanna Pansino

The first time I ever got up on a stage, I did a comedy poem. I don't know how I got there in the first place because I was very, very shy.
‐‐ Lesley Nicol

The first time I ever heard professional actors delivering lines that I wrote was completely surreal and was just a gigantic moment in my life. It was just a little bit mind-blowing and completely strange to have something that had been on my computer being said out loud.
‐‐ Andrea Seigel

The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using anymore. I found them when I was ten; I didn't know what it was. But I found Lightnin' Hopkins.
‐‐ Ato Essandoh

The first time I ever met Stephen King, he came up to me, and we went to shake hands, and he had, like, this fake rubber rat that he kind of, you know, shook at me. You know, and I said, 'No, this is a cliche - this can't be. Stephen King is trying to scare me with a fake rat?' It was just really weird.
‐‐ Rob Reiner

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.
‐‐ Ian MacKaye

The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and free Europe from the war. And there was every color you could imagine, and I'd not seen that in England.
‐‐ Richard Dawson

The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries.
‐‐ Jimmy Carter

The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.
‐‐ Neve Campbell

The first time I ever spoke to John Cassavetes was at a Lakers game. I got up to go for a hot dog, and he was coming in the opposite direction. I don't know who said hello first, but we started talking, and it turned out that he went to high school with my first wife, Alice.
‐‐ Peter Falk

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.
‐‐ Emmanuel Jal

The first time I got into the studio, when I was 17, 18, I got to work with people who were some part of the Cheiron thing, who did all the early Britney Spears stuff, all the early 'NSync stuff.
‐‐ Erik Hassle

The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I wanted to keep my child, being a pregnant teen was an extremely scary experience for me. Luckily, my family and friends were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way.
‐‐ Paula Garces

The first time I got recognized in public was at a movie theater. It was at the 'Lord of the Rings' movie premiere. I was at the movie theater, and someone came up, and it was so weird to me, because I had never been recognized by a viewer, so I thought that was scary.
‐‐ Connor Franta

The first time I got up in front of an audience was terror, abject terror, which continued for another four or five years. There still is, a little bit.
‐‐ Bob Newhart

The first time I had a baked potato, I was eight years old at a friend's house. Most white kids growing up have a baked potato every day. I didn't even know what to do with it, how to open it. I was the only white kid in high school eating octopus.
‐‐ Scott Fujita

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.
‐‐ Bing Gordon

The first time I had disposable income, the two things I cared most about were a television and a couch.
‐‐ Seth Meyers

The first time I had money, I was extravagant, but then you realise it's not just about that. If I lost it all tomorrow, it wouldn't be me that's hurt, it would be my babies. It would be more about people's opinion of me that would concern me.
‐‐ Rebecca Ferguson

The first time I had sat down to a meal I had grown on my own, along with a bottle of wine that we had made, I burst into tears. To be in touch and be in tune with that is an extraordinary gift.
‐‐ Emilio Estevez

The first time I had sushi, I hated it. And the second time was no different, and then, I just started loving it. I actually crave for sushi. It's one of the healthiest meals. My experiments with food began when I was working in New York as an architect, be it Korean or Ethiopian food or fusion food.
‐‐ Riteish Deshmukh

The first time I had to hold a baby, I was really nervous, but I soon grew in confidence.
‐‐ Jessica Raine

The first time I heard a Billie Holiday record, I thought, 'What's so great about Billie Holiday?'
‐‐ Diana Ross

The first time I heard Johnny play at the Fillmore East, I wasn't really impressed. He had come on the scene with everybody telling me how great he was, and I didn't hear it.
‐‐ Rick Derringer

The first time I heard 'Jolene,' I was 12 years old, and it was performed by Jack White. I remember watching that video and forgetting it was from a woman's point of view, and forgetting it was a country song, and forgetting it was originally by Dolly Parton.
‐‐ Samuel Larsen

The first time I heard of suicidegirls was when a model from there contacted me to see if I wanted to do a shoot. I can't remember what happened with that but we didn't end up doing it.
‐‐ Richard Kern

The first time I heard Richard Pryor, I knew he would be a major force in the world of comedy.
‐‐ Bob Newhart

The first time I heard Sam Cooke was in the 'Malcom X' film. I was with my father, and that's the first time I heard his song. I remember my father telling me the story of Sam Cooke.
‐‐ Leon Bridges

The first time I heard The Beatles, I cried. It was 'Let it Be'.
‐‐ James Durbin

The first time I kissed Brad my knees went weak - I literally lost my breath!
‐‐ Jennifer Aniston

The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.
‐‐ America Ferrera

The first time I learned how to play, my guitar was out of tune. I didn't know it; I just started writing songs.
‐‐ Brittany Howard

The first time I listened to jazz was when I was 8.
‐‐ Hiromi Uehara

The first time I lived in L.A. I was too young. I really wanted to be back home in Vancouver.
‐‐ Sarah Chalke

The first time I looked at Yammer, I thought I was on Facebook. Work is not a social network, with serendipitous communications and photo collections. Work is about managing tasks and responding to things quickly.
‐‐ Dustin Moskovitz

The first time I made any money, I was 27. I went to Bergdorf's looking like a proper guttersnipe and bought a pair of Louboutins. I'd wear them and an old ink-stained kimono and make my drawings and feel indomitable.
‐‐ Molly Crabapple

The first time I made myself up, I was looking at my reflection in the mirror and it wasn't me looking back. It allowed me to do things I couldn't do as myself. I found out how powerful that was and how much that can mean to an actor.
‐‐ Rick Baker

The first time I met Alex Rodriguez, he was in the fight of his life. He was the guy who was supposed to have everything - good looks, good health, good habits - all the talent in the world and most of the money.
‐‐ Richard Ben Cramer

The first time I met Beyonce she was about 18 years old, sitting in a makeup chair eating fried chicken, and I knew it was only a matter of time before everyone would know her name.
‐‐ Gayle King

The first time I met Bill Clinton was actually 1988.
‐‐ Dee Dee Myers

The first time I met Elizabeth Edwards, she greeted me at the door of her home juggling a yogurt in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other.
‐‐ Jennifer Palmieri

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.
‐‐ Bill Hader

The first time I met Jon Stewart was at the press conference that Comedy Central held to announce Jon would be the new host of 'The Daily Show,' which back then was not called 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.'
‐‐ Stephen Colbert

The first time I met Leo Messi, I didn't know who he was, only that I couldn't believe the boots he was wearing. But he is like a brother to me. It was at the start of 2005, when I was with the Argentine under-17 squad and I saw him chatting with Ezequiel Garay and some other players about the boots he'd brought back from the U.S.A.
‐‐ Sergio Aguero

The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.
‐‐ Dick Van Dyke

The first time I met Michael, we saw each other on a TV show.
‐‐ Rick Dees