Millicent Simmonds Quotes

I am not comfortable, being in the limelight and I think that's fine. When I have to, I talk. Otherwise, I prefer not to.

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.

I never really necessarily liked being quiet.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually those move too fast for me to say anything at all.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

It takes me a while to come out of myself and get to know people.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extroverted, but they're not necessarily afraid to talk. I'm not really a shy person.

I don't like to talk about myself that much.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

In school, I didn't speak up often in class. I was never the person to yell out an answer. If I knew it, I might whisper it to my buddy and let him answer. I kept quiet.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.

I don't like to talk about myself.

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

Some individuals relish the fact that they are not drawing attention and can quietly go about their game while others want to show off.

If you're a stranger, and you've never met me before, I'll probably be more reserved and quiet. If you're my friend, you probably see the same stuff that you see me do onstage.

In person, I am a person who doesn't talk about myself.

There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.

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.