Quotes About Youth

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.

I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I couldn't cope with people in real life; I was very shy and very nervous around people.

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

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 17. There were boys at school that I would find out later had a crush on me but I was too shy to talk to them.

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 was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion, but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.

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

I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.

I think - I think I've always been kind of - I used to think of myself as a piece of rubber when I was a kid because I was kind of very shy and very - very emotional about things, but I kind of would bounce back.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

I was shy at school.

It was like that for the first six months after 'E.T.' was in cinemas. I'd go out and get mobbed. I was a shy kid, and being approached by adults all the time just freaked me out.

I didn't start singing with my eyes open until I was 19 - that's how shy I was!

I was really shy when I was younger, so my mom got me into an acting class to see if I would open myself up more in front of an audience. Her plan was for me to just talk more.

When I was younger I was really shy, but I'd always be singing, driving my family crazy. Apparently I was even singing when I was in the cot. That probably didn't sound too good!

The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.

I was really shy growing up. I had braces, headgear, and no boobs - still don't. So, the boys weren't interested in me. The only way I could get attention was by being a goof and a dork, which meant a lot of physical comedy.

I was a very shy kid and really into art.

Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act on it regardless. I wasn't shy, but I'd get nervous. I got a little more confident later in high school when I realized I could get girls to pay attention to me by making them laugh.

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 was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

I was a shy kid. I was awkward. I was picked on.