A Quote by Frank Oz

First impression is unfair, because a first impression of somebody is guarded, and you don't know the person.

Frank Oz

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Because First First Impression Guarded Impression Know Person Somebody Unfair

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Frank Oz
American - Actor
Born: May 25, 1944

My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.

Lisa Kleypas

The first impression that I liked doing was an impression of Cheri Oteri's Barbara Walters impression on 'SNL.' I found that I could mimic that pretty well, and people got a kick out of that.

Kate McKinnon

You only get one chance to make the first impression. And I made the biggest first impression ever by throwing the Big Show over the top rope.

Cesaro

A visual always brings a first impression. But if there's going to be a first impression, I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?

MF Doom

There's an expression in life: "You can only make one first impression." And that first impression has to be spectacular. So, I wait, and let people see it when it's ready to go. It's not a set rule, but I think it's the better way of working. People will agree with you because of your track record, but you want people to like it because it's good, not because you found it.

Simon Cowell

I've seen promotions rush things to market and not be strategic about it. The first impression is the lasting impression.

Jeff Jarrett

In the movies first impressions are everything. Or, to put it less drastically, in the movies there are no later impressions without a first impression, because you will have stopped watching. Sometimes a critic persuades you to give an unpromising-looking movie a chance, but the movie had better convey the impression pretty quickly that the critic might be right.

Clive James

What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.

Pierre Bonnard

You know who makes a great first impression? Liars.

Daniel Tosh

Sometimes I'll read an audition and I'll get a very strong first impression about who the person is, and I usually go with it.

Kristin Bauer van Straten

You could be in a room with somebody you don't realize you're in a room with and that first impression or something that you give off might be appreciated by someone or it might not. I'm always just being mindful of you never know who's watching.

Chase Elliott

You use marketing to see what an audience's first impression is because that is something you can never really know yourself until you see it.

David Nutter

You only have one first chance to make one first impression that lasts a lifetime.

Nas

A stunning first impression was not the same thing as love at first sight. But surely it was an invitation to consider the matter.

Lois McMaster Bujold

If it's just the voice, then you can only do jokes. It's not really even about the impression so much. It's about the take and what you do with the person. I try to get a character across with the impression.