The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.

After I did 'Broadcast News' and got an Academy Award nomination, the first thing I did was 'Roe vs. Wade' at NBC.

When I first started fingerpicking, the first thing I learned was 'Don't Think Twice It's Alright' from Bob Dylan.

The first thing you do when you get off tour is let off some steam and, you know, have some type of big breakdown.

We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.

I think the first big thing I did: I sang at my mom's wedding when I was almost 8, so 7... that was my first thing.

I have always loved cashmere and knitwear is the first thing I'm drawn to when shopping - even if I don't need any.

The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

A lot of people love to do affirmations first thing in the morning - to keep themselves feeling peppy and positive.

I think first thing and the most important thing, for me, is that Boston becomes my musical home, my musical family.

First thing that I put up in my office here at City Hall was a poster from 1971 when my mother ran for city council.

The first thing that I ever made was a documentary that I shot... in downtown L.A. about a group of homeless people.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn't know the first thing about either.

People panic in the kitchen and they don't need to. The first thing to do is to open a nice bottle of wine and relax.

'Your Life Calling' is the first thing in my long career I've ever actually invented. It is my entrepreneurial debut.

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.

The first thing I do when I start a role is I look to see where we're similar. What do you get for nothing, you know?

The thing about covers is that the first thing you're going to notice is the vocals, because it's not the same person.

The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure.

When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.

Shoot, if you need any added motivation, the first thing is you have to be a pro to play this game and finish it right.

'Scream' was the first thing he'd ever written that had gotten made, and I'd been in Hollywood for less than two years.

Before singing, I was acting. I was always more into acting than singing. It was the first thing I always wanted to do.

My extravagance is my garden - it's the first thing I look at every morning when I wake up. It gives me so much pleasure.

The first thing I bought when I was 14 and started working was a crystal bear. I thought it was so glamorous and sparkly.

When peaceful reunification comes, the first thing I want to do is to take my 90-year-old mother and go to her home town.

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

I believe if you come out of a movie and the first thing you say is, 'The cinematography was beautiful,' it's a bad movie.

If you deal in hair loss, you constantly check the hairline of anyone who walks up to you. It's the first thing I look at.

You can Google me, and I'm pretty sure the first thing that comes up is 'gay,' so that's out there, and I'm proud of that.

The first thing out of Fidel Castro's mouth to me, he looked me right in the eye and said, 'You're a man of great courage.'

Martial arts was really the first thing in my life that I followed through on and accomplished a degree of proficiency for.

The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.

Little by little I want to become more free and start going forward but I know that the first thing I have to do is defend.

If I was young again and wanted to be a professional wrestler, first thing I'd do is get jacked all to hell is what I'd do.

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.

The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.

A Midwestern municipal government isn't the first thing that leaps to mind when you think of innovation, but it ought to be.

Knowing the strike zone is very important, but I think the first thing is knowing yourself, knowing what things you do well.

The first thing I do after I wake up is switch on the music player and the last thing I do before going to sleep is stop it.

I think the first thing that I saw on IMAX was 'The Avengers.' The scope and the size of it are pretty neat, I will say that.

In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.

I started in movies in Mexico and started doing telenovelas in Mexico. 'American Family' was the first thing I did in English.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

After a show, people say, 'I bet you want to just sit back and relax.' No way. First thing I want to do when I'm home is cook.

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.

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