Diane Keaton Quotes

I started to build barriers between myself and others to protect myself.

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.

I find it really hard to be close to anybody.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't let anyone in easily.

It used to hurt me when people said I was hiding in Wales.

I feel like people who are guarded and shut off, I feel like they should have to wear a button that says, "shut down", "guarded" or something.

I just don't have this magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. I don't make friends easily... I'm just not one of those people.

I think I can be closed in. I can close this outer shell, cut myself off and be quite cold. I can cut other people off if I need to. I don't think I'm angry, though... Maybe my wife would disagree.

… a rude and remote kingdom

I tend to shut myself off from people. It's gotten harder and harder for me to meet new people. It takes a lot of effort to open up to them and spend time with them.

I'd be the first to say that I'm a distant individual. I have a tendency to come across as being aloof and dismissive.

Each person creates boundaries and walls around the self - this often keeps even happiness at bay.

I'm not a social animal, and I had a reputation that came before me of being very difficult, of screaming at everybody, so people tended to keep their distance.

People choose to shut themselves off and build a load of defense mechanisms and not let anybody in because it's easier that way. You don't get hurt, and there's less risk involved if you build this hard shell.

I'm not a sociable person. I don't like to talk.

Men huddle in a corner and talk about me, rather than walking up to me and chatting me up.

I'm 87% socially awkward.

Sri is an introvert. She doesn't talk to strangers.

I've been with my husband and friends for so long, I've forgotten what is unappealing to new people.

Some people kind of are afraid of me.

To an outsider, Abilene was like a small landfall in the Sargasso Sea - remote, laconic, and forever closed to strangers.

I definitely don't make many friends. It's my choice; I just have a wall. It's not that I have anything against anyone.

I want to be together with everyone else but stay lonely.

I am a very shy and closed person. I stay in my house. The only time I go out is for award functions and maybe interviews. Because, this is part of my profession and I have to do it. Otherwise, I stay in my house or attend some classes.

There are days where I can go into a room full of people, talk to every single person, and feel completely at ease, and feel like making every single person laugh, and feel like everyone's having a great time. There are other times where I go into a room of people, and I literally want to run and hide.