I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.
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 am not shy about my personal life.
All due respect and trying to be as modest as I can be, I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
I’m actually shy in person.
If I fancy someone but can’t tell them because I’m shy, I’ll think, ‘It’s fine. You’re not going to die. Maybe just tell them or whatever.’
I hope to show people everywhere that you can be unapologetically you and still succeed. I also hope that by using more diverse models, brands can see that there is power in diversity, and not shy away from doing something new for fear of failure. The effects are bigger than just the fashion industry.
I’m actually very introverted. I’m very shy. I’m very emotional.
When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn’t have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work – oh, God.
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don’t like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
I was this very self-conscious, shy person once I hit my teens.
I’d always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn’t get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10 years old and I burst out crying.
Since most cyberwar is conducted covertly, governments avoid any public acknowledgment of their own abilities and shy away from engaging in any sort of ‘cyber diplomacy.’ Statecraft conducted in secret fails to create public norms for deterrence.
Part of me is very shy.
I went to the Glasgow Youth Theatre and they just let me in. But I was so shy that I was there for about six weeks without actually introducing myself.
It’s true, I used to be so shy. I used to never talk, just sit back and do my thing. I was never bullied, though, and it was never like it was something that needed to be ‘fixed’, like being shy is a bad thing.
I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers, and adjust to a new environment.
I’d just recorded it in Mariah Carey’s studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she’s so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.
I started when I was in college because I was shy and thought it would be a good way to break out of that.
One of the things I pride myself on is that my fan base is progressive, but I don’t shy away from people who think differently from me. I welcome productive conversations, but it’s important for me to not hide where I stand.
I’m 77. The only reason I’m ever shy about it is that people tend to think of you in terms of what they think that age is. I certainly don’t feel any different than I did when I was 35, and my energy seems to be more than it was then.
For me, I used to be shy towards journalism because it wasn’t poetry. And then I realized that the events that I covered in essays that became journalism were actually great because they inspired me, and they became my muse.
I choose grey characters, as I enjoy playing a human character. I don’t shy away from showing the shortcomings of my characters.
I’m totally not media shy and do interviews all the time and go to events and totally play along and actually enjoy talking to journalists most of the time.
When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don’t shy away from it. Why should I?
I don’t shy away from competition.
It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he’s such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.
I’m shy in my personal life.
I can be shy when I talk to women. I’m a shy dude.
I wouldn’t call myself a dancer. I would never even dance in a club – I can’t move my feet! I’m terribly shy about moving. I feel comfortable in my body, but dancing is like learning another language.
I’m very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.
I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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.
I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy.
I don’t think we were shy so much as we were terrified. Especially when we did ‘Saturday Night Live’ on live TV. We looked really animatronic because we were scared, but it came off as being this alien sort of attitude, which served us well, because people were like, ‘Whoa, this is so weird.’
I’ve always been shy.
I was terribly shy, but I was always in harmony when I was dancing.
I guess I am actually quite shy, and I’ve always felt very self-conscious during interviews.
My younger sister looks to me to provide her with advice on how to do her job better – though she’s too shy to ask me questions, so I have to give her my opinion on an unsolicited basis.
And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me ‘Happy Birthday,’ I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.
When I was tiny, I was a real observer of human behaviour, and I knew I wanted to tell the human story, but I felt shy and unattractive and awkward.
My mother sent me to speech classes, but the other kids still teased me. I was shy. I stooped. Instead of talking, I kept journals. That’s where my love of words comes from. I majored in journalism.
It’s not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I’m tough to crack because I’m shy.
I am shy – going to parties kills me.
I don’t like selling myself. It’s a sort of shy arrogance.
I’m very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that’s what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.
I was always someone who wanted to write. I was a real shy, bookworm-ish kid, and I think my earliest stuff was fairly dark.
I don’t think when I’m doing music. Things just happen. I’ve even taken my clothes off while performing. But then I’m so shy that I can’t even take my clothes off in the dressing room, even though it’s just the other guys in the band in here with me. It’s really weird.
I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it’s part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.
I would love to get Rihanna on a Khaled song. That’s my friend, but every time I’m around her, I get shy.
Don’t try to be what you’re not. If you’re nervous, be nervous. If you’re shy, be shy. It’s cute.
I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn’t a stage mother; she didn’t push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.
Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It’s always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.
I think we should talk about what the objectives of the party are, whether that’s restoring the Clause Four as it was originally written or it’s a different one, but I think we shouldn’t shy away from public participation, public investment in industry, and public control of the railways.
In France, the image I had was of a shy girl – a poor lonely girl and not too good-looking. When I went to England, I had another image. I felt the journalists were much more interested in my looks than in my songs.
A lot of backup singers are really shy and don’t want their life documented. They’re not pining to be celebrity. They’ve had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it’s not for them.
I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.
I have to struggle to change people’s perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I’m this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I’m absolutely not like that at all. I think I’m much more outgoing and exuberant than my image.
I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I’m fine. I’m a shy person.
There are so many tournaments when I started this way. I was so shy. I didn’t really play well. And then all of a sudden I found the very strong, powerful Gael Monfils.
Players shy away from talking to announcers today.
