James Roday Quotes

I am still shy when I go to interviews.

I'm notorious for giving a bad interview. I'm an actor and I can't help but feel I'm boring when I'm on as myself.

To see yourself on the big screen, you're big, you hate your voice, your vocabulary. You say the same words, you speak bad.

I've always thought of myself as so unsuited to be a frontman.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I know I work quite hard at making people like me.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

The minute I stop singing, I'm back to being shy. I'm soft-spoken because I never really talked to people. I didn't learn to do it.

My first interviews, I didn't know what to say. I was really, really shy. It's overwhelming sometimes.

The one thing I cannot stand is when I do interviews, when I interview people, and I listen to the tapes and I hear myself talking and sort of stumble and stammer, or I hear the horrible sound of my own voice, or God forbid I see myself on video, there is that complete revulsion with seeing how I occur in the world.

I remember an interview so terrible with CNN's Jon Klein, I nearly blurted out, 'Forget it, I am a loser!' But I didn't need to say it. My face and posture did.

I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me.

I've done a couple of interviews, and I realized how uncomfortable I felt as soon as I started talking.

I remember once acting really cool on a bus with this girl named Stephanie. When I got home, I realized that I had a really big zit on my forehead. If you have acne problems, you really shouldn't be acting like Don Juan.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we're in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

I was one of five very clever kids, the other kids were cleverer than I was and still are and are very achieving. The girls were always first at everything and I was always 101st!

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

Most actors on most days don't think they're worthy.

The stuff I do and say onstage I can do easily. As a performer, that comes easily. But being social offstage, it's not easy for me.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.