Nina Nesbitt Quotes

I tend to be on the quiet side. I think I would have been bigger if I had a big mouth.

Maybe come to think about it, that is the sign of an extrovert, in any event I have always from the earliest of ages found it difficult to wander into a restaurant on my own.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

I'm a little unusual: I'm a six-person-or-less extrovert.

People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.

I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.

As I was writing, I realised I wasn't sufficiently extrovert to gather enough interesting souls with tall tales around me. I was no Louis Theroux. But neither was I interested in exploring my inner life in public, in the manner of a Jonathan Raban.

My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time.

Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that's really a misperception. Because actually it's just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are people who look very good in a group, but they're very different in a one-on-one situation.

This friend of mine said he was surprised to find that - I don't think it's quite a majority - a bigger percentage of actors are introverts than extroverts. It was a big surprise to him. Now, I know me, and I'll do anything if I'm playing a character. Or anything that's true to the character, anyway. But in real life I'm a little more withdrawn.

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

I think my sister loves being an observer more than I do.

For an interesting nonfiction read, I really enjoyed 'Quiet' by Susan Cain. I read it with my husband, who is a true introvert, whereas I am an introvert masquerading as an extrovert.

I have a Twitter profile, but I avoid red carpets and all that kind of stuff. I'd rather no one talk about me ever, and I just get to do my thing. I'm an introvert.

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?

I had this idea that being an introvert was a negative thing, that it had a negative connotation, and I really wanted, as a young person, to strive to be the life of the party and to be really outgoing and to have a million friends. And then I realized that an introvert isn't a negative.

I guess I would like to play some more extroverts.