Leon Bridges Quotes

Dance really built my confidence on stage. I'm still a shy person. But I have a lot more confidence than I did when I started.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.

Being on 'America's Got Talent' has really helped me expand my self-confidence on the stage and anywhere - I'm more comfortable, and it's just really helped, and I'm glad about that.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

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

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Take a microphone out of my hands, and I'm just plain folks.

I wasn't really the most charming person, socially - it took me a long time to develop my people skills - but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

I'm a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary.

It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd.

I'm a much more chill person now that I know who I am and know my own voice, so I don't really get nervous with live TV at all.

I've always been pretty reserved, but after taking drama classes in middle school to get more comfortable performing in front of people, I thought I should try out for television.

If I walk into a room, I'm quite content to sit in the corner and chat with people who walk by. But coaching forced me to come out of my shell.

I know people always say to get out of your comfort zone and take risks, but when you are on a live national television show, and you are competing to stay on it, then I don't think you should be uncomfortable up there. I think you should sell it and be your own best self.

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.