My first audition ever was for 'Bye Bye Birdie' in fifth grade.
The only name on my birth certificate was Henley, no first name.
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.
I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.
Any time I hear certain songs I put in a movie, I have to not listen to them anymore because I associate them with that movie. They take on that association rather than the association I had when I first heard them. So it's kinda bittersweet to put a song in a movie, honestly.
After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.
Alan Moore's first choice to be the Comedian... was Burt Reynolds. But I never saw myself as Burt Reynolds; I saw myself as Edward Blake.
I founded Netflix. I've built it steadily over 12 years now, first with DVD becoming profitable in 2002, a head-to-head ferocious battle with Blockbuster and evolving the company toward streaming.
Government leaders should get up to speed on the blockchain by understanding it first and committing to exploring its potential.
When I first started blogging, I kept it a secret from my friends and then started to show a few people, and it snowballed from there.
When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?
I watched Dylan record 'Blonde On Blonde' in my first week at work at CBS. It was just incredible.
America is the first country... that can actually have a bloodless revolution.
'Bloodless' reminded me a bit of 'Les Miserables' when it first came out.
Jonathan Lethem's 10th novel, 'The Blot,' is engaging, entertaining, and sharp for its first two-thirds. Then it goes to hell.
Obviously, when I first came to the land of blond-haired, blue-eyed surfer types, I was the sardonic, sarcastic, liquor-swilling, chain-smoking, dark-haired, dark-eyed guy from New York.
My whole first season was surreal. My first game was against Detlef Schrempf. There was German media everywhere. It was probably my worst NBA game. It was all a blur.
After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.
