Shy Quotes
On quiet nerves and the traits behind them.
Some quotes here contradict the stereotype, like someone insisting they've never been shy and have always talked easily, while others explore the gap between a quiet, socially awkward offstage personality and a bold on-screen role. One poetic line even pictures small shy embarrassments playing out on sunny afternoons.
I did a lot of acting when I was a child. I was very shy - the kind of kid who ran into a corner and cried on parents' visiting day.
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I used to be very shy. When I first started, I had to go to a casting, and I had to go in a bikini. I thought I was too skinny. But I went in and got the job! And...
Don't try to be what you're not. If you're nervous, be nervous. If you're shy, be shy. It's cute.
Always Quotes
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
Go Quotes
I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would...
I've been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn't say anything, literally.
Interestingly, the actress who, in her own persona, may be gentle, shy, and socially awkward, someone whose hand trembles when pouring a cup of tea for a visiting friend, can convincingly portray an elegant, cruel aristocrat tossing off malicious epigrams...
I Am Quotes
We have enforced a Darwinian process on wolves, turning them into the shy and elusive animals they've become. They didn't have that fear of us 30,000 years ago. We didn't have gunpowder; we had rocks. Wolves would have seen us...
If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
I'm shy. I'm not outgoing. I'm a homebody. I am on TV, but you know, it's interesting. How much do I talk on TV?
Like Quotes
I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.
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An unusual entry looks at how generations of hunting pressure turned wolves into the shy, elusive animals they are today, a reminder that shyness isn't only a human trait. See our always quotes and I Am quotes for related themes.
