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 like to have my privacy. I don't like people knowing what I do in my free time. I am also a very shy person, but I understand that people want to know more.
There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.
The fates lead her who will; who won't they drag.
I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.
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 am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.
I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.
People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy.
Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
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.
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.
He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times.
I was just shy of reaching my goal. My goal was to be more extroverted, so being just shy meant I completely failed.
And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.
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.
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.
Some of the greatest actors on the planet are the most insecure people. Now I don't know if that insecurity necessarily equates to a lack of confidence. Some people are just very shy individuals. You give them a character to play and a script, and yo...
You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and ever...
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.
I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.
