Carlos Mencia Quotes

My shyness probably defined the first 30 years of my life, really. It's a crippling thing. It can be very lonely knowing that you've got things to say, but you daren't say them.

There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.

I never say the things I really want to. If I did, I'd have no friends.

I was not allowed to talk about being adopted when growing up. I walked around feeling like I was going to explode.

Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.

I suppress the vast majority of what I write.

My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.

I wasn't particularly funny in high school, but I grew up with three older brothers who were quite funny.

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural.

What I'd love to do would be to bring a person from the past to me. In that case I'd pick Jane Austen, because I'd like to know what really made her tick. It's my opinion that she was inhibited by her family and a desire to do the right thing. Away from all that, I believe she'd show new facets and enjoy the adventure.

It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.

I'm always open to meeting people, but I would be lying if I didn't say that my trust issues have changed because of 'Modern Family.'

When I was a kid, I never spoke. I would sit under a table and not speak to anybody. No words for years.

You hear people say, 'Well, I was going to say this, but I knew I couldn't get through it without crying.' Well, like, think of all the great things we didn't hear because of that.

I was drawn to people that were expressing feeling because that was what was taboo in my family, expressing feeling. And that was what I was made of.

I'm a very shy person and find it difficult to ask for work even if I know somebody for ages.

It can be very lonely knowing that you have things to say but you daren't say them. Knowing that you could contribute to something but you don't dare quite do it.

Even around my family, I hardly spoke. I was very reserved.

I am a shy man. I can't call a stranger and talk.

I am pretty quiet, and people say I'm shy.

I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.

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