Bob Mortimer Quotes

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

Sometimes I don't want to stand around a room full of strangers, chitchatting about nothing, so I'll come late to a party - and leave early. Though now that I'm saying this in a magazine, I'll probably never be invited to another one.

I find parties difficult. I like a dinner party, but I find being at parties difficult, so I choose not to go to parties.

I sometimes lack confidence in public, although I am proud enough inwardly.

I am shy - going to parties kills me.

I do spend - I feel like I spend about my first 20 minutes at any cocktail party convincing people that I'm not going to harm them in some way.

I don't do well in social environments.

I can get awkward. I am not the best person to break the ice.

I'm very bad at talking to boys. I'm not that great at it.

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

I just have a harder time, I think, feeling close to people without self consciousness.

I've been stopped a few times by people who want to say, 'Hi.' But I'm an introverted person, and the idea that I'd have to talk to people all the time seems a little overwhelming.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

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

I'm hopeless at small talk and have a problem making eye contact.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.

My father found cocktail parties challenging.

I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.

I'm super shy, especially at parties.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

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.

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

I hate parties. I really don't like public events. I hate dressing up. I am the worst celebrity ever!

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk.