Quotes About Confidence

I was a very shy kid. Very shy. But I started doing theatre when I was six years old, and that really changed something. My more playful side came out of me.

I used to be really shy, and I think something happened in my brain where I was like, 'All right, I don't care anymore. I'm just going to be myself.' So I went to school wearing eyeliner and eye shadow, and they called my mom, telling her it was a distraction. My mom fought the school, and I got to wear makeup every day.

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

If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all.

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

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.

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

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

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

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.

You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.

I didn't overcome my shyness. I am still shy.

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

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.

I cover my shyness by being exactly the opposite. You know, really loud and very Italian. I am an extremely insecure and fragile person, and only the people that really know me know that. But I push myself.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

What people don't realize is they mistake my shyness for cockiness most of the time.