Melissa Benoist Quotes

I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.

People feel I don't mix much, but I'm working at it.

I don't know how to work a room. It's a real skill.

The brain was not built to walk into a bar, where you know nobody, and start a conversation. That's not the way humanity has courted.

I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time.

I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

It takes me a while to come out of myself and get to know people.

I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, 'Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?' But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

I actually find extroversion to be a really appealing personality style.

People may have found it difficult to approach me, and I realised it and have worked on it. I used to be socially shy. Now I have become a social animal. I go out, meet and interact with people.

I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk.

I have a really hard time meeting people, so I wanted to take classes to get out of my social shell. Eventually, I opened up and realized, 'Wow, I really enjoy this.'

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

I just like to talk to people. I don't know how to bridge the gap between getting to know someone and then schmoozing and sort of working contacts and business connections.

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.

I am very bad at schmoozing, and I'm not overtly charming in social situations.

As I started getting better and I had to go places and meet new people, there were times where you just couldn't keep to yourself. You had to speak to people.

I think I only started to speak to people in grade four.

My position in life has always been to be that person in the room who can make the conversation and break down any awkwardness.

I do a lot of schmoozing.

Since I'm homeschooled, I don't get much kid interaction, so I started at this gym and I got to meet other kids. I actually met one of my best friends there; we hang out all the time.

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.