My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things.
But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.
When one thinks of golf and Scotland, the first thing that comes to mind is usually St. Andrews, especially the famed Old Course.
Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.
I watch ESPN all day. If you come into my trailer, ESPN is on. That's the first thing I do when I leave the set.
Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in 'Blue Crush 2.'
The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say. About anything.
When you have two alternatives, the first thing you have to do is to look for the third that you didn't think about, that doesn't exist.
An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a brilliant discussion. The first seems sometimes even to undermine the second.
I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.
The first thing you have to do is make sure you're still wanted back. I never take that for granted any more.
Sanity? Sorry, but I don't remember having such a useless thing in the first place.
There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.
I wanted to be as authentic as possible because, first of all, Jean Shrimpton is still alive. And, she's interesting enough to be played accurately. I didn't need to add things.
I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral.
I think the first thing that I really did was 'Traffic Light,' which was more of a half-hour sitcom. And from there, I just got more comedic roles.
I did a commercial when I was, like, 5 or 6 years old for... what was it called?... Cabbage Patch Kids! That was the first thing I ever did. Little bit embarrassing.
The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.
We can all agree that first loves can be a scary thing, and that growing up is hard to do.
The first thing I'll do if I want to look really crappy is, I don't wear any makeup at all.
When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.
