I learned early on not to feel badly about reaching out for help, and not to feel embarrassed about saying that you're in over your head.
My early prose style - this is so embarrassing - was sort of a suburban, Presbyterian knockoff of Woody Allen.
I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.
When it was time for parent-teacher conferences, I remember that I was always embarrassed about what my parents would hear about me!
[on Sid's clumsy attempts to scale a cliff] Manfred: You're an embarrassment to nature. Ya know that?
This is odd, but there are certain things that are really embarrassing to talk about - one is my job and the success that I've had in it, and the other is money.
I'm not embarrassed about the novels I wrote when I was younger, but I couldn't write them today because of my religion.
I did a shoot for 'Sports Illustrated,' and my grandpa called me and asked when my issue of 'Playboy' was coming out. It was hilarious as well as embarrassing.
Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.
The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.
I remember being away somewhere, and I had forgotten it was Valentine's Day with a person, and that was very embarrassing.
I never wanted to look back on my career and be embarrassed about work that I chose to do. I never wanted to look at character I've done and cringe.
I've always been very cautious with what I do. You know, that started at a young age. I always had the approach or the mentality I never wanted to embarrass my parents.
You named the chicken, Chicken?" She looked embarrassed. "When we decided not to kill it, I got attached.
I dress in a sophisticated and classy way - I always dress in a way I know my mother wouldn't be embarrassed to see.
The trouble with talking about acting is that it's like sex. It's enormously fun to do but just dreadfully embarrassing when you have to talk about it.
I'm always slightly embarrassed to meet other actresses of my vintage. We have so little in common. They're all so dedicated. I find - so desperate.
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.
It's kind of embarrassing, but in my early 20s, I used to want to be a princess. But I didn't want to have to marry somebody in order to do it!
I grab at Smitty and he at me, and, for one horrible, deperately embarrassing second we fly into each others arms like Shaggy and Scooby Don't.
Why would I be embarrassed about being Canadian? I'm very proud. We're just the nicest people. Everyone likes us.
