Quotes About Introversion

People think I'm so strong, but I'm very shy.

Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.

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

I was shy at school.

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

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

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.

As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you don't want it.

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.

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've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!

All of us introverts aspire to be more outgoing, but it's not in our nature. When I was nearly 50, I discovered that the best thing to do was to tell everyone I worked with that I'm just shy. People are not mind readers - you need to let them know.

People go into cartooning because they're shy and they're angry. That's when you're sitting in the back of a classroom drawing the teacher.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

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

I was really shy when I was a child, very self-conscious about taking up space or being an attention seeker. I was the kind of kid who was really good at homework.

I'm pretty shy when I go home because I was pretty shy growing up, and I think I go back to that person.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I was very shy - I didn't speak to anyone outside of my family until the fourth grade.

I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever.