Alessia Cara Quotes

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people are standing up in a public place and encouraging other people to look at them. So that's not the conventional definition of hiding.

I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.

In general, I probably have a shy nature. So the idea of poking out with my music is probably not something I want to do.

I don't really understand it: in real life, I'm often so shy - paralysingly so - but when I'm performing, it's totally different. I feel free.

As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was doing them. I decided to do them in disguise so that I didn't have to actually go through the humiliation of going on stage and being myself.

Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people.

I'm an introvert at heart... And show business - even though I've loved it so much - has always been hard for me.

I'm a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.

I think a lot of singers are shy people. I suppose singing on stage is not like talking; you are not as exposed.

Acting is therapeutic. I say I'm not shy, but... Acting is a very vulnerable experience, and you've got to be really confident to put yourself out there to be judged.

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

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

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage.

I am honestly very intimidated when I meet new people and they expect me to be the onscreen Vir. On stage, I say a lot of things I might never say in real life; I am never the life of the party. People are quite surprised to see that I am more of a quiet artiste off stage.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I don't perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.