Stockard Channing Quotes

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

I am not somebody who feels comfortable socialising at parties where many film stars gather and endlessly chat, because I am quite introverted.

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 get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.

I'm not very good at going to parties and looking like I'm having fun.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

I'm very comfortable speaking to millions of people, but not comfortable in a small, intimate social setting. Like cocktail hour. I get very panicky.

I do talk a lot - far more than my husband - but I'm not good at talking to a lot of people. I either talk a lot of rubbish - which I'm sure I do a lot of the time anyway - or I stare at the soup. I'm no good at social presentation.

I'm a real extrovert, but when I'm round someone new, I'm super shy.

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'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

Offscreen, I'm a private person. I'm shy and don't know how to face the public.

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.

I'm shy, but I'm not clinically shy. I don't have social anxiety disorder or anything like that. I more have a gentle shyness. Like, I have a little trouble mingling at parties.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.

In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.

I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.

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

I am shy - going to parties kills me.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.