Amy Adams Quotes

Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage.

I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

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.

I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

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 was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.

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 perform well in private. Socially, I mean. And I didn't as a child. Actors aren't necessarily outgoing, are they?

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

Maybe come to think about it, that is the sign of an extrovert, in any event I have always from the earliest of ages found it difficult to wander into a restaurant on my own.

I'm outgoing when I have to be, but usually, I'm kinda shy. I always think people don't want to talk to me. Some people might take that as being stuck-up, but I'm just shy.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

I am essentially very shy. Which, I guess, is why I'm very good at not being shy.

I struggle to come up to people and say what I think.

I've always been quite shy. Very confident but very shy.

I was really shy and kept to the theater department. I was keeping my eyes down when I walked through the halls. So, no nemesis. Not in high school, anyway.

There are days where I can go into a room full of people, talk to every single person, and feel completely at ease, and feel like making every single person laugh, and feel like everyone's having a great time. There are other times where I go into a room of people, and I literally want to run and hide.

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.