Kelly Macdonald Quotes

I get really self-conscious about people staring at me. It sounds so weird. As a performer, as an artist, these should be the things that I'm used to. But that's not the case. When people stare at me, I freak out.

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'

I get embarrassed by people. It's really awkward for me to have a chat with people who have been to see a gig.

I get bashful in the spotlight. Even at home or at a birthday party, I hate that stuff.

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

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

I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

I don't want to be able to see the audience.

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

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

I am shy - going to parties kills me.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.

After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

It's frightening to be facing an audience. There is always the fear of what they think of you, what they are saying about you.

Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

Acting is embarrassing.

It is said that the fear of public speaking is a fear greater than death for most people. According to psychiatrists, the fear of public speaking is caused by the fear of ostracism, the fear of standing out, the fear of criticism, the fear of ridicule, the fear of being an outcast. THE FEAR OF BEING DIFFERENT PREVENTS MOST PEOPLE FROM SEEKING NEW WAYS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.

I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because we don't want to make a fool of ourselves. It's fundamental.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

My greatest fear is speaking in public.

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