Initial Exposure Quotes

I think it was W.H. Auden who said he was lucky that his first favorite poet was Thomas Hardy, who was a good but not a great poet, because if you are exposed to the greats too soon it can just squash you as a writer.

That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.

So many people have told me that 'Wicked' is their first musical ever and that they're hooked for life. I'm like, 'Wow, you really got it right when you picked this show to be your first one.'

I literally knew nothing when I did that show ["Tony Flanagan"]. It was the first time I signed an autograph, it was the first time I got fan letters, it was the first time people screamed when I came out.

I was a huge fan of this band called Sparks. It was a pretty good inauguration to music, since their music is quite complex.

The first time I ever went on set was during 'Fiza' when I was in Class X.

Johnny Duncan was one of the first opening acts I hired for my show, and he is the one who initiated me into astrology. I got hooked. It made a lot of sense to me.

I had never touched a computer in my life before I came to Pixar.

Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.

If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.

My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.

My introduction to sports was through baseball. That's all I knew.

I never did a convention before I did 'The Hobbit.'

I embraced EDM from the beginning.

It's a first for me. It's my first nude scene.

It's either, like, 'Your album was the first jazz album I listened to,' or, like, 'My friend took me to this show, and I've never been to a jazz show before, but, man, I'm so happy I came. I can't wait to go home and see more.' And you can feel it in the crowd, too. You can see the groups of people that don't really know what to expect.

When I called 'Cut 4 Me' a mixtape, I was thinking about a few elements: One is used instrumentals. The project is more centered around introducing you to an artist; it's not meant to be seminal. It's 'Hi,' 'Hello,' a thing that you first hear.

Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.

My first scene was a streaking scene, I had to streak at a footy game, that's how I get introduced.

Right right, because up to that point I had not been a viewer, and I didn't know alot about the show, it was all new to me and the cast members were wonderful!

When I started to work in Hollywood at a fairly low level delivering scripts around town, listening to AM talk radio, I at first listened to it as a novelty.

When I was 12, I happened to see a schoolmate playing percussion, and it looked interesting. I asked for lessons, and it felt right.