I'm tough on the outside and soft on the inside [...] I'm really a shy guy.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.

I'm not afraid of anyone. I'm not shy about anything. Not even my big nose.

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

My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

I've been around two years shy of 50 years doing what I do. I am a musician.

I've always found Mr. Disney to be somewhat of a shy person, a kid at heart.

I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

That's the poisoned chalice: when you're shy, people assume you're arrogant.

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

It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.

Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.

I am somewhat on the shy side. I know people might find that hard to believe.

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

Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.

I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs.

Kids are shy and they often don't want to make eye contact or say "thank you."

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

I will never shy away from social issues in my books - or in my everyday life.

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.

If you're shy, get the hell over it: You're slamming the door in your own face.

I'm not a real social person, I'm shy and a lot of the business is just social.

I didn't start singing with my eyes open until I was 19 - that's how shy I was!

Offscreen, I'm a private person. I'm shy and don't know how to face the public.

I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.

Even though I was very shy, I found I could get onstage if I had a new identity.

I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.

He's a shy man. Life has taught him not to show off what is most precious to him.

We are ashamed at the sight of a monkey--somehow as we are shy of poor relations.

I was super shy as a kid, and theater was a way that everything made sense to me.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I wasn't a great student, C average. I was pretty shy, but I drank a lot of beer.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

I'm not a real social person - I'm shy - and a lot of the business is just social.

Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.

I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.

When I was a child, I was very shy, and there's still a part of me that's very shy.

I was brought up to question things, but I was always a really quiet and shy child.

I'd been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that's part of being shy.

All the shy people are doomed! Natural selection favors the loud and the aggressive

I was a shy kid, wasn't necessarily an extrovert, but I couldn't help doing voices.

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

People who know me now can't believe I used to be shy, but in some ways I still am.

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