Jacob Whitesides Quotes

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.

When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

I was just terrified in front of the camera. I couldn't even say my own name. I walked out of a handful of auditions. I mean, ran out in cold sweats. I was just so nervous and insecure.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

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

I was not naturally meant to be on stage. I hated being in the spotlight; I was scared.

We blush very, very easily, and we get terrified of audiences.

I don't enjoy the sound of my voice in front of other people.

I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.

I was a shy child. I had anxiety. I used to cry when I had to give a presentation.

It is strange: I love to be in front of the audience, but I have this opposite side that is afraid of meeting people, that doesn't want to talk. I feel it's like having a little hard stone inside me of problems, doubts, and shyness.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

I'm awkward under the limelight.

I don't really enjoy being the center of attention; I find it hard.

Truthfully, I'm incredibly shy, and I'm very awkward around boys.

I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be awful. I'm a pretty shy person, really.

When I was a little girl, I was incredibly shy. My hope was to blend in, to fit in, to not be noticed in any significant way. I was deeply insecure and unsure of myself.

It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.

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

I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

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.