Shy Quotes
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
Raf Simons -
I've been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn't say anything, literally.
Yara Shahidi
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Because I was a shy and awkward child, I used humour to deflect attention. It was a controlling mechanism. Because I could use it to control my image.
Catherine Tate -
I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.
Justin Timberlake NSYNC -
I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.
Garrison Keillor -
I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.
Lucille Ball -
My character in the first instalment of 'GOW' was very shy and reserved. It was completely different from 'Kahaani,' where I played a no-nonsense cop. And in the second instalment of 'GOW,' it is again very different.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?
Rachel Kushner
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As actors, we don't shy away from saying, 'I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to meet girls.' Directors cannot say the same thing.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
I was so shy when I was younger. When I first went to Liverpool I didn't say a word for a year.
Ian Rush -
I don't feel very good about myself. People always leave me. Nobody can stand me for very long. I wish I could cut my tongue out, or take out the part of my brain that has opinions. Or cares. I wish I could be simple. Be quiet, introverted, or shy. I'm half way in between a wallflower at a party and Elvis Presley. People love one or the other. In between is no place to be.
Jack White The White Stripes -
In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
Doona Bae -
The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.
Magnus Scheving -
I'm not shy. I'm modest, but I'm very outgoing.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
Paris Hilton -
I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.
Zendaya -
I'm kind of shy, to be honest. If I go to the pool or something, I keep my shirt on unless I'm getting in the water.
Larry Fitzgerald -
I never was shy, but as far as telling jokes, I'm the worst. I like physical comedy; it's where I feel comfortable.
Malin Akerman -
Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.
Catherine Tate -
I'm much more shy than most of my family.
Talia Balsam
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On a scale of one to ten, I'm probably a six when it comes to flirting. I'm quite shy.
Liam Payne One Direction -
I've never been a shy person. I've always been able to talk pretty well.
Zach LaVine -
I am very shy with people I don't know.
Ingmar Bergman -
I'm shy. I can go on a trip for days and not go because I won't sit on a toilet seat on a plane. I'm certainly not going to go on somebody's lawn. Could you imagine, in a cocktail dress?
Farrah Fawcett