A Quote by Steven A. Cohen

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy. — © Steven A. Cohen
I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.
I do give interviews, but I am generally media-shy because I am an introvert by nature.
It only meant that my natural inclination was to draw my "energy" from within instead of seeking it outside myself, plus my mom was an introvcert, and so were a lot of normal people. The problem was I was shy on top of that. And we all know how the world loves a shy introvert.
I'm an introvert and a shy person.
I am a very shy and an introvert by nature and I take a lot of time to open up.
I am basically very introvert and shy, but when in the presence of the audience, my celeb image requires me to reciprocate their affection.
I am more of an introvert person who is a little shy to get into random chat. I would rather observe people silently.
I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don't speak unless I have to.
Im a shy person. I contradict my own profession, because Im an introvert in a very glamorous world.
Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants to go to parties.
A shy kid might look longingly at other kids playing in the schoolyard, afraid and unsure about how to approach them, but an introvert is perfectly content on her own.
It's not like I'm an introvert. You get to know me, I can have a conversation with you. But in front of the media, I'm probably more of a quiet guy.
In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.
I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.
When I left for college, I told myself that this was a chance for reinvention. No one on the other side of the country knew that I was an introvert, so maybe if I tried not acting like an introvert, I wouldn't be one.
If the extrovert is trying to "cheer up" the introvert - extroverts are programmed to seek social rewards! - he or she may feel like a failure if the introvert remains unmoved.
I'm neither shy nor impressed by media and press. It's just another industry to me. My response to the criticism was, "I work with a steel factory. Why can't I work with the media?"
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