Shy People Quotes

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I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

So many people shy away from using color in their homes for fear of getting it wrong...But ignorance and fear are no reason to live in a bland box.

People assume you can't be shy and be on television. They're wrong.

Swedes are a really humble and shy people in many ways, but I think it's pretty much the same as in the U.S. Little girls want to take photographs with me at lunch.

I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.

I think that in school I was really shy. And even today when people meet me they are shock to see just how not-crazy I am.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of.

I think I was shy as a young woman and realized that photography was an ideal way of expressing myself, of telling people what was going on without having to talk.

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.

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

Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they have nothing to say to strangers.

From the time I was a little kid, I was always shy. Performing was when I was outgoing. So I guess I am a loner. I get claustrophobia if a lot of people are around.

I continue to be very shy. I think a lot of actors and performers are really weird, shy people working it out onstage. I don't know why that is.

Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It's just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.

But then the fate of shy people is that all of their fears usually come true.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

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

I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

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

Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.

When I am talking to people who I feel don't like me or are mean, I get really shy, and I kind of curl up personality wise.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

[My half-sister] Ella and I always were much closer as basic types; we're dominant people, and [my other half-sister] Mary has always been mild and quiet, almost shy.

I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.

I was a shy, quiet kid. I was happiest playing by myself with my toys, rather than hanging around people.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.

When time permits, I try to see interesting people in the cities I visit. In Seattle, I met Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, who is shy in personality but flamboyant in his philanthropy.

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

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

I can go in front of an orchestra. I can go in front of an audience. But if you see me walking through an audience in the reception or through a lot of people, I'm still shy.

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

Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age.

I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl.

I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.

I was so shy and so quiet, and the only time I had my own voice and I could really connect with people was when I was singing or on stage.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.