Alex Borstein Quotes

I'm really awkward when people recognize me. I'm not good at it, and for the most part it hadn't happened to me until 'True Blood,' and then, all of a sudden, it started happening all the time.

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

I don't go to the mall a lot 'cause girls scream and run at me, and I get shy.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

I still get weirded out when people recognise me.

It's difficult to feel that people are looking at you in the street. I don't like the fuss.

People are starting to recognize me, and it can be hard because I'm a really nice person, and people will ask me uncomfortable questions like they know me, and I'm just like, 'Umm... can I walk away now?'

Every time I'm recognized in public, I'm super grateful and appreciative, but I also get hot and nervous.

I was not a Southern California girl. I hated having my photograph taken. I felt shy and embarrassed around famous people.

There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.

I still get recognized. It's flattering, but it can be uncomfortable. Maybe because it only seems to happen when I'm looking and feeling crappy.

We were at this point of recognisability where we couldn't even walk around anymore... I was really socially anxious and strange.

It's a very strange and quite terrifying experience to watch yourself on TV. I never like to do it with other people.

As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.

I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

Kids have awkward moments.

It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.

One of the most frightening things about your true nerd, for may people, is not that he's socially inept - because everybody's been there - but rather his complete lack of embarrassment about it.

The commercial flight thing, it just gets a little weird when you're standing in line and suddenly you're not just a guy standing in line anymore - you become sort of 'novelty boy.'

I get uncomfortable when people give me presents and watch me open them. I don't have birthday parties, because the idea of a group of people singing and looking at me while I'm blowing out candles gives me hives.

I'll be out shopping, and all it takes is for one person to recognise me and it can get scary.

'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.

I remember when 'Deadwood' had first come out, there was this whole deer-in-the-headlights sense of feeling really uncomfortable with being recognized in public.

I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood - sometimes I get superbummed.

I walk into a restaurant, and people stare as though I've just landed from another planet. Every time I walk out in public, it's like the alien freak show has arrived. It does have its advantages. I hardly ever get bothered by the paparazzi, probably because of some of the more edgy characters I've played in movies.