First Quotes · Page 105

At first, I didn't realize it was gonna be a character. I just thought I was gonna be doing me.

— Larry David

I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.

— Bob Sheppard

I remember very clearly when my dad first subscribed to HBO - 'Fraggle Rock' was a gamechanger.

— Sallie Patrick

I made so many mistakes in my first successful business I'm almost embarrassed to recount them.

— James Altucher

I went to art school first and thought that I'm going to design theater sets. That was my path.

— Ron Ben-Israel

Chandu Chekavar is an anti-hero. It's the first time I am playing a larger-than-life character.

— Kunal Kapoor

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

— June Allyson

For my style influences you've got to look at Kanye first. Pharrell when I was growing up, too.

— Nick Young

I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7 years old, and I think that, within a week of getting my…

— Robby Benson

September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home…

— John Major

I started modeling and after a while the photographer Bruce Weber introduced me to Joel Schumacher, who cast me in my first…

— Cody Horn

I've actually been playing music ever since I was a young a kid. I got my first guitar when I was about…

— Shane Harper

I coauthored my first nonfiction book by the time I was 25. I have been involved in nonfiction documentaries, newspapers, TV and…

— Julian Assange

When we were filming the first 'Magic Mike,' we obviously had a limited budget; it was an independent film. And we would…

— Matt Bomer

My father played with Air Supply, Yes, B.B. King and even Sheryl Crow when she first started out, so I've sort of…

— Lindsey Haun

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so I looked for a retailer…

— Jaclyn Smith

When I was six, my best friend's parents bought him a piano. My mother noticed that every time I would go to…

— Herbie Hancock

The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is wash my face with Olay Regenerist Thermal Mini-Peel Face…

— Gracie Gold

My mother always tells me that when I was a little kid, my first ambition was to be a truck driver, and…

— Preity Zinta

When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence.…

— Madonna Ciccone

Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel first championed my film, 'Hoop Dreams,' which was essential to its success. Roger remained a great supporter…

— Steve James

I was born and raised in the Bronx and my grandfather and my brother Garry were huge Yankees fans. One of my…

— Penny Marshall

My whole career began because I was always putting my music on the Internet. By the time I had my first tour,…

— Jason Mraz

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

— Kat Dennings

'Aatishbaazi' is extremely special to me as it's the first time I got to direct my music video.

— Jubin Nautiyal

I wake up and meditate for 20 minutes. The first thing I do when I wake up is say, 'Thank you.'

— Mandy Ingber

Ever since I first came here in 1963 to fight Henry Cooper, I have loved the people of England.

— Muhammad Ali

You want to come up with your own points of view first and then test them against what you see.

— Roberto Orci

The U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector.

— Eric Fellner

We really suffer from a hot-take disease, wanting to be the first one who has the hottest take.

— W. Kamau Bell

Kunjali Marakkar is one of the first naval commanders of Kerala. He was an expert at his craft.

— Mohanlal

I was the first person in NYU Medical Center's history to be diagnosed with NMDAR encephalitis.

— Susannah Cahalan

'Jia Aur Jia' is like my first proper fun, masti Bollywood film. I have a full-on dance number.

— Kalki Koechlin

I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.

— Imelda May

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

— Mary Pierce

Artless fairy stories enchant us in our first years and retain their hold on us until our last.

— Howard Jacobson

I was 7 when I first visited my dad on the sets of 'Mahabharata' at Film City. I was overjoyed.

— Nikitin Dheer

I recorded my first song when I was 13, 14 years old, and I've been running with it ever since.

— Le'Veon Bell

I first got into boxing when I was quite young. I was about 12 when I won my first boxing match.

— Joseph Parker