Top 1200 Being Shy Quotes & Sayings - Page 11

I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy.

I don't like applause, I must admit. Ultimately, artists are shy creatures; they're introverts.

Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

If you're wearing something I like, I will come over and ask where you got it from. I'm not shy!

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.

I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.

I was always really shy. That's why being in front of cameras like this is uncomfortable. I found that when I was a kid, I would hide behind playing pretend. That's when I would come out of my shell. I would dress up as an old man or something and go out onto the street with my mom. I would come out of my shell that way. So I ended up stumbling into acting. It was the one thing that I found a passion for.

I don't give up; I go down fighting in everything I do - being a mother, being a wife, being a wrestler, being a Marine, being a sister.

Put me in a room with a songwriter, and I just clam up. I get shy.

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will.

Promotions are a costly affair and most producers shy away from budgeting for that purpose.

Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

Our sense of identity is in large measure conferred on us by others in the ways they treat or mistreat us, recognize or ignore us, praise us or punish us. Some people make us timid and shy; others elicit our sex appeal and dominance. In some groups we are made leaders, while in others we are reduced to being followers. We come to live up to or down to the expectations others have of us.

The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him.

Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you."

I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional.

I'm shy to call myself a director still. When someone says, 'What do you do for a living?' I don't know if I've earned that.

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.

I am shy and self-conscious and awkward, so I think that's why I became a writer.

Well, beauty's in the eye of the beholder... It's all subjective. I'm kind of shy about it, but I'll take it.

If you're shy, get the hell over it: You're slamming the door in your own face.

Our son Gautam is very shy, just like his father.

I wasn't shy, but I was really hyper. Nobody got my sense of humor. I was a black skater kid.

The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!

I was so shy at school that I hardly ever talked, so everybody thought I was kind of a hermit.

I got into performing fairly young and went from, like, a shy kid to a total weirdo.

If anyone approaches me and asks if I'm Mollie from The Saturdays, I'm immediately shy and embarrassed.

I guess I'm just very shy and nervous about putting myself on the line.

You tell me to dance or act, I will do everything, but I am shy of singing in public.

I was very shy - I didn't speak to anyone outside of my family until the fourth grade.

I will never shy away from social issues in my books - or in my everyday life.

I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.

I speak many times about Stephen Ireland, that he is shy like a hedgehog.

No one really knew Freddie. He was shy, gentle and kind. He wasn't the person he put over on stage.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

I didn't set out to be at the top of technology companies. I'm just geeky and shy, and I like to code.

I am a very shy person, hence it feels awkward to approach people.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

I was a shy kid up until the sixth grade, and then I started to let loose.

I was brought up to question things, but I was always a really quiet and shy child.

I have never been shy about listening to the input of others and weighing it seriously.

Technology can become a crutch. Sometimes it's there just to hide behind when you're shy of what you're trying to say.

Television forces people to be larger than life. I would be too shy.

Generally, if I can't be true to the creator's intention and spirit, I will probably shy away from working on a character.

I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

Doing comedy is very challenging, as I am a shy person in real life.

I feel a lot on the inside, but I am shy and do not express myself too easily.

I was too shy to be around real people. It wasn't like old ladies talking to plants.

People think that I'm haughty and stuck up, but really I'm just very shy.

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They're not introverted or shy.

I was a shy kid and acting did bring me out of my shell during high school.