He initially declined to talk to me about the Pink Panthers.
(Her parents initially tried to talk her out of acting as a career).
However certain doctors and nurses were initially unwilling to talk about their ordeal.
While initially reluctant to talk, the boys eventually recounted their experiences after assurances that their identities would not be disclosed.
Matthew Ammirati, the agency's president, said he and his team initially tried to talk Mr. Seinfeld into a flashier Web site with far more bells and whistles.
Initially hesitant to talk in front of each other about the emotional costs of the wars, they grew bolder as the minutes ticked by.
Michael Nhlengethwa said initial approaches made by police officers after the shooting were informal and rude and he initially declined to talk to them.
Ward was initially reluctant to talk, because she was suffering from bowel cancer at the time, but said she agreed under pressure, believing that it would never be aired and she would probably not survive her illness anyway.
"Since I spend a lot of time reversing vasectomies, I initially try to talk my patients out of getting one," says Dr. Harris Nagler, chairman of the Sol and Margaret Berger department of urology at Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan.
And the optimism was palpable amongst those in the office the field director, initially hesitant to talk to the press, couldn't help himself as we walked around.Over on the other side of town, the McCain field office, located in the much more corporate (and neater) county GOP headquarters, was a hive of activity.
