John Higgins Quotes

I'm awkward around girls.

I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox.

I wouldn't call myself a dancer. I would never even dance in a club - I can't move my feet! I'm terribly shy about moving. I feel comfortable in my body, but dancing is like learning another language.

I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.

I'd never dance at school discos, I couldn't believe people could show themselves like that.

I was voted 'most shy' in seventh grade! Can you even believe it?

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I'm quite shy, so if there's a guy I like, I actually ignore him because I can't speak to him. I get all red and sweaty, and it's embarrassing.

When I was small, my most serious handicap was a painful bashfulness in the presence of strangers.

I used to feel so shy speaking to girls. It was even worse when they were around their crew because they would diss me.

I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

I was an awkward kid.

I love people who aren't embarrassed. I'm always embarrassed, so it's always astonishing to me when people aren't like that.

I felt like a dork growing up so this is shocking.

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 should have been contrite - and apologized for exposing her to the angry pimple.

I was painfully shy when I was a kid. I always thought when most people were born, part of the toolkit was teaching you how to relate to other people - and it was just left out of my toolkit.

It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.

I didn't do particularly well with girls at school. I was very shy. I'm not saying that was the only reason I didn't do well with them, but I just didn't.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.

I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.