Shy Quotes

'The Killing' has a really great combination of qualities: Even though it's very sad and deals with mourning and grief, it's still exciting. It's about real people and it doesn't shy from the painful points of life.

I'm shy in my personal life.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

Even now I can't stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I'm pathologically shy.

I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.'

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.

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.

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!'

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

I'm shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I've done everything I can to avoid it.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I was very quiet, very shy and docile.

I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.

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

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.

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.

If I kind of like a guy, then I'm a fantastic flirt. But with a guy I truly like, I get painfully shy.

I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an idiot.

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

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.

Too many people feel that where you start out dictates where you should end up. I was on welfare and just shy of 19 when my first daughter was born, but I was encouraged to take advantage of my ability and drive and remained in school.

I am a shy person.

I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.