Shy Quotes - Page 12

• I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Jobs, Focus, Tabloids

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• I was really kind of shy as a child. But I would do things for attention.

  Little Richard

  Children, Attention, Kind

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• I say I’m not shy, but… Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you’ve got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

  Shemar Moore

  Acting, Vulnerable, Putting Yourself Out There

  "Shemar Moore: Criminal Minded [INTERVIEW]". Interview with Kelly L. Carter, www.ebony.com. April 24, 2013.

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• But then the fate of shy people is that all of their fears usually come true.

  Manu Joseph

  Fate, People

  Manu Joseph (2015). “The Illicit Happiness Of Other People”, p.6, HarperCollins Publishers India

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• I sometimes shy away because I don't want to be too 'showy-offy' but the older I get I think, 'You have a handkerchief, put it in your pocket.'

  Jude Law

  Thinking, Pockets, Want

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• Although I was a shy child, I was also a bit flamboyant.

  Catherine Tate

  Children, Flamboyant, Bits

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• You get tough when you grow up unloved. People described me as a boyish girl - rather shy, but I didn't show it. I had an attitude. I was rather wild. I lied a lot because I knew the alternative was to be punished. As I got older I realised I didn't have to lie any more and it was a nice feeling. I could be myself.

  Maj Sjowall

  Girl, Attitude, Growing Up

  "The queen of crime". Interview with Louise France, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2009.

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• At 6 years old, the ice became a place for me to express myself. Because I was so shy off the ice, it became my safe haven, with music and freedom and self-expression. That was my emotional outlet.

  Kristi Yamaguchi

  Safe Haven, Emotional, Self

  "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family". Interview with Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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• Sensitive, shy-of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.

  Rita Hayworth

  Fun, Acting, Sensitive

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• I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

  Melissa McCarthy

  Character, Mess, Stills

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• I'd always been the confident guy in school. I was good in math and English, but I was still shy. I couldn't get up and speak in front of people. I was asked to do it when I was 10 years old and I burst out crying.

  Chris Vance

  School, Math, Years

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• The biggest thing you can give a kid is self-esteem, so that they're not shy to do different things.

  Magnus

  Self Esteem, Kids, Giving

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• Being an actress, I find myself people-watching and I can be quite shy.

  Emma Watson

  People, Actresses, I Can

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• Have I ever been the shy retiring type? Never. Not since the day I was born.

  John Barrowman

  Born, Type, Retiring

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• 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.

  Robert Crumb

  Real, Drawing, People

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• 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.

  Romeo Santos

  Character, People, Able

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• I'm actually introverted and shy.

  Ryan Tedder

  Introverted

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• Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand? Why do they think you are too shy to reply? Why do they keep badgering you until you will say yes?

  Sharon Creech

  Stupid, Thinking, People

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• I was a late bloomer. I was a kinda shy little kid, definitely a child of the dark side. I wanted to play guitar and be in a rock band.

  Yul Vazquez

  Children, Kids, Dark

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• I definitely wouldn't shy away from doing another action based project, but I feel like my forte is more like playing real, ordinary people. I'm a girl's girl.

  Rachael Taylor

  Girl, Real, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up in one of the biggest high schools in the world, and that's the Disney Channel. Everybody was falling in love with each other or not liking each other, and it was exhausting and I was the shy one in the corner. And now I'm so opinionated, and I don't have time for the cattiness. I have good people around me, and I'm glad I'm at the place I'm in. I wish I was there back then.

  Selena

  Falling In Love, School, People

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• In movies, you get to explore parts of yourself that in real life, people shy away from, like looking stupid or embarrassing yourself or getting too angry, anything inappropriate. As an actor, you walk into those moments.

  Jess Weixler

  Real, Stupid, People

  "Jess Weixler Is Comedy's Next Big Thing". Interview with Lorraine Cwelich, www.elle.com. March 28, 2013.

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• I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

  Lara Flynn Boyle

  Fun, Sweat, Tonight

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• The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll.

  Paul Westerberg

  Mistake, Rocks, Play

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• I've always been very shy of doing television. I've always said 'no.' Not to be disrespectful to anyone - I didn't want to say 'yes' and then let people down.

  Naomi Campbell

  People, Television, Want

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