Top 55 Shy Person Quotes

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.

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

Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually those move too fast for me to say anything at all.

I am a shy person.

Being a shy person, I always felt strange outside with my camera.

I’m a very shy person towards my intimacy and private life.

I’m a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I’m fine. I’m a shy person.

If I do a portrait, I know what they can take. If somebody’s a sweet, shy person, the photographs will be sweet and shy. Of course, you ask people to do something which they might not have done before, but that’s the journey, the fun element.

One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a book and read it there – that gives a guy something to ask you about. Same goes for sketching, writing, or any hobby you can take with you.

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.

I’m quite a shy person, and I dislike narcissism intensely.

I’m just a really shy person. I don’t gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre.

I was quite a shy person growing up, and drag was very much a shield for me to perform behind.

I wouldn’t say I’m a shy person, but I like my privacy.

I’m a shy person. I don’t know if it’s in my DNA to share with the world.

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.

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 was this very self-conscious, shy person once I hit my teens.

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

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

I was born in Copenhagen, and when I was a year old, we moved to Bangalore. I was always a shy person and was happy with just a few friends and that came from my own social awkwardness. I did not know how to make conversations.

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 am a shy person, basically. I don’t think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don’t even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let’s see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.

I like to have my privacy. I don’t like people knowing what I do in my free time. I am also a very shy person, but I understand that people want to know more.

As a child, people were always trying to photograph and film me because it’s a way for a shy person to find themselves.

He was a very quiet and shy person but that drum kit gave him that voice. ‘Bonzo’ was the guy in Zeppelin. John was my dad.

Honestly, I am a shy person.

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

Some of my biggest influences are people like Steven Wright and Todd Berry. I’m a shy person, and I don’t think people who aspire to do comedy think that’s an option.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, ‘You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?’ But, fundamentally, I am.

I’m a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

I’ve always been a shy person.

I am a shy person who is not very okay with the camera.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

I think of myself as quite a shy person. But when I’m curious about something, I’ll go quite far to satisfy my curiosity.

I’m actually a very shy person, which is why I always chose to be in the kitchen. You can make people happy and entertain them, without really being there. You can make a very short appearance and then say, ‘I’ve got something on the stove, gotta go!’

While I’m really proactive when it comes to managing my projects, I am a shy person.

I’ve never been a shy person. I’ve always been able to talk pretty well.

Though I am a shy person at heart, I explode as a volcano once I open up with people around me, and then I am all fun.

It’s no secret I’m a shy person.

I grew up Catholic, and I am a pretty shy person.

I was a painfully shy person in my pre-acting days.

Dance really built my confidence on stage. I’m still a shy person. But I have a lot more confidence than I did when I started.

I’m really a shy person.

I was scared someone would ask me something I didn’t know and I’d be on the spot. It’s the paranoia of a very shy person. I’ve gotten over those feelings about interviews for the most part.

I’m quite a shy person.

It’s just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting – I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It’s not an easy situation to go into when you’re a shy person.

I am a shy person.

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 an introvert and a shy person.

I am a very shy person who is just close to himself. So I would refrain from talking about my personal life.

I was an underwear model for Calvin Klein for a few years. It is not something I wanted to do at first. I never regretted it, but I am a shy person, and to stand there buck naked in front of a camera was scary.