Quotes About Self-expression

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

Until I was about 14, I was so shy.

I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the limelight. Many times in my life, I was conscious of embarrassing her with my carrying on.

I was extremely shy, but since college, I think I have opened up and gained confidence. I find it much easier to make friends, I let myself go a bit more.

I was literally so different that I could not hide or be shy.

I was just genuinely shy. I'd always been a shy kid.

My first interviews, I didn't know what to say. I was really, really shy. It's overwhelming sometimes.

I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.

I was kind of shy as a lad, and a lot of things that made me laugh, I found, did not make other people laugh.

I'm doing modeling to stay alive. I don't enjoy my work. I don't find it creative. You don't need brains, and there are no heavy qualifications. All it takes is not to be shy and to dare to make a fool of yourself. But I shouldn't complain, because I am privileged enough to be overpaid.

I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.

I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.

I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I come from a place where we're not that shy about our bodies.

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

I was very shy and I was very introverted as a kid, but whenever I set foot on stage, I kind of opened up, and I think a lot of kids need an outlet to express their creativity. And a lot of kids are scared to do that if there's not a safe environment for that.

I'm quite introverted but I'm not shy.

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'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time.

I remember in second grade, everybody in the class had to come up with adjectives for each other, and I got shy. In a way, I force myself to perform, because if I didn't, I'd stay home rolled up in a ball watching 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' all day.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

I could be myself. I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.