Markets don’t like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.
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.
I’m a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I’ve been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.
I don’t think there’s much tolerance for people who are a little different or withdrawn or quiet. They always seem to be the ones who stick out the most, the ones who want to just shy away and withdraw.
When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious. I still get nervous sometimes before shooting and definitely before big auditions.
I’m very shy in a crowd.
It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.
From its very inception, Lenny Letter set out to create a supportive, positive, inclusive space on the Internet that does not shy away from complexity and nuance.
Because I’m shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I’m an elegant person.
Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.
I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.
I was shy at dancing. I practice at home. I was practicing in the mirror. Dancing everywhere. Then I just started feeling good. I started feeling coordinated. I started feeling the music better.
Taking pictures and stuff, I’m kind of like, shy, but you couldn’t tell onstage.
I really hate being recognised. I’m quite a shy person, and I’m not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don’t really know what to say to them.
In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it’s completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I’m quite shy and reserved. In real life, I’m a dork.
At my very core, I’m pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job.
I’m quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I’m on camera I’m pumping more adrenaline, I’m being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that’s normal, isn’t it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.
I’m quite a reserved person, a bit shy at first when I don’t know someone. I like to have a laugh and a joke; people have seen that in me.
I’m concerned with the lost, the lonely, the shy. I think shyness is in some ways more widespread now than formerly. I used to be shy myself. Of course, you can’t be me now and remain shy, but I remember very well what it felt like.
In movies, you get to explore parts of yourself that in real life, people shy away from, like looking stupid or embarrassing yourself or getting too angry, anything inappropriate. As an actor, you walk into those moments.
Before marriage, I was a very shy person with mood swings. But, now I can balance that and have become a better and stronger person.
I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
As a kid, I never thought I’d be an actress. Never, ever, ever, no way. I was really shy – bordering on social disorder shy – and I was really academic.
I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion, but I was shy – I’m still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.
I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying ‘Hi’ to me, and I still remember feeling this way – but I don’t know why – but I wouldn’t even say ‘Hi’ back. I was that shy.
When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.
As I’ve gotten to know myself over the years, I realised I’m kind of a sweet, sensitive guy, a shy guy, and communication is not something I’m so good at.
From the core, I’m a shy person, but when I’m on stage, I know how to put it aside. Of course, I’m not perfect, but I’ve definitely grown as far as being comfortable on stage.
I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.
Human beings are created with empathy. Art serves that purpose. So why should I be disinterested in a character who’s a man, and why should a man shy away from a show that’s female-driven?
Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams in an eighteenth-century chocolate house.
When you’re shy, the worst thing you can do is go into all these casting rooms and be scrutinized. But with shyness, I think you just have to bite the bullet.
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.
Eartha Mae is very shy. She’s scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it’s fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
I was really, really shy when I was a little girl.
Lots of shy people dress a bit too much. It’s just kind of an armour. People say the same thing about me.
In high school, my first thing ever was I played Tony in ‘West Side Story’ when I was about 17. I was a really shy kid, and I just, like, forced myself to learn how to sing this one month because I loved ‘West Side Story’ so much, and I somehow managed to get the role.
How you treat the quiet, shy types is the most important. If you leave them to sit in a corner, they will be noticed, and it will affect everyone’s time. I instantly spring on them and treat them as royalty, showing them around and introducing them to everyone so they seem special.
When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable – sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?
I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.
I say I’m not shy, but… Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you’ve got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.
Of course when I started, it’s not because I was such a brilliant actress. I didn’t know I was good. I thought I was really bad. I was very shy. I was 18 and dreaming of becoming an actress.
Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.
If Cole and I are together, we’re noticeable. Fan encounters come with the job, and you can’t shy away from them.
In high school, I was too shy to perform. It’s one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It’s another thing to get up on the stage.
I was too shy to be in films. But, my father thought it would work for me. It took a lot of time for me to think about getting into films.
I’ve always been shy; it’s just that I transform on the pitch. I’m a different person. Off the pitch, I’m another person. That’s how it has to be.
I’ve never been a shy person. I’ve always been able to talk pretty well.
Yes, and I had pimples so badly it used to make me so shy. I used not to look at myself. I’d hide my face in the dark, I wouldn’t want to look in the mirror and my father teased me and I just hated it and I cried everyday.
As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn’t.
My parents met because my father was an actor friend of one of my mom’s brothers, but my mother has never set foot on the stage – she’s quite shy. So it’s a strange thing because people say, ‘Oh, coming from acting parents,’ when the idea of acting would literally make my mother just want to throw up.
We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us.
People think I’m so strong, but I’m very shy.
I’m very shy and awkward; I can’t have a normal conversation, and then people think I’m being a bit rude, but really I’m not.
As we all know, when you’re an athlete things are a little bit easier for you. It didn’t mean that what was going on inside my heart wasn’t a bit of a thunderstorm, but outwardly I got along ok. I was really shy in seventh grade.
I’ve always known my own mind, and I’m not shy about speaking it.
I am a shy person.
At my core, I’m shy.
The on-stage Gracie may look poised, but the real Gracie is shy, a little self-conscious, and, before every performance of my life, panicky.
Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.
I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus – having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don’t see it so much as becoming another person onstage; it’s more exploring a different side of your personality.
