Catherine Bell Quotes

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

I was painfully shy for a long time. I mean, that's something I really had to work my way out of. And I really think it was because, after the 2008 Olympics, I spent a whole year bartending. It was the one thing that really forced me to be just not so scared to start conversations with strangers.

I used to be very shy, much more so than I am now. It's great that I've improved in that regard. Every day, I'm getting better and less... embarrassed.

For many years, I didn't even like the idea of doing a one-person play. Public speaking got me past that. I've always been good at public speaking, but I never really enjoyed it. Then I started to really enjoy it, and that's made all the difference.

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

I went to stage school with a neighbor to build confidence because I was quite shy.

I was shy when I was a kid, I was very shy, but now I think I've improved a lot. I can speak OK with the media and with the people. My English is still bad but I feel a little bit better now than before.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won't show it on stage.

As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

Growing up, sports was my outlet, my way to portray a personality. I was very shy around people but, through sports, something I was good at, I was able to make friends.

Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.

I was shy. I was painfully shy, until fifth grade when I transferred to another school and befriended the class clown. And one day he was sick and I kinda stepped in for the class clown and I said, 'Wow, this is exciting, I'm a little bit nervous.'

I'm still shy - I'm no good at my children's parent-teacher conferences, and I'm slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. There's nothing that I'm too scared to have a go at.

I want to be able to have a conversation with people. I don't want to be stupid. I'd like to have a life outside acting.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

I am so not a pageant girl, but I signed up for the Miss Junior Florida contest because I thought it would be good experience.

I was too shy to do any vocal lessons or go to choirs; I just didn't want to be seen doing it. It's something that I kept to myself. I started easing into it, and I started doing talent shows, and YouTube really helped with that, too.

I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.

As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.

That's what I need to work on - my charisma in front of people.