Evangeline Lilly Quotes

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

I'm quiet, so people might think I'm a mute.

The difference between what people perceive and what's reality is that, like, I'm not actually shy. I'm just observant. I care a lot.

People assume a lot about me. Some people come up and think I'm hard. I'm actually very, very shy. I'm bubbly in the right circumstances. But I'm a big introvert.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

I used to be in my own world and keep to myself all the time, so there may have been a perception about my reserved demeanour that was misconstrued as arrogance. But when people interact with you, then they know the real you.

I wasn't always this introverted.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

People think that I'm mean because I'm quiet, and I don't really go out places or because I don't really say too much. On the other hand, people think that I'm soft because I may not handle myself the way other people handle themselves. That's just not me. They don't know my background or none of that stuff.

I have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

I'm not extremely outgoing, but I'm average, I think. When people meet me they'll say, 'Oh you're not that shy...' I never said I was! I see where they're coming from because my biggest single was about being shy at a party - I get it. But it's not 100% accurate.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

I don't like to talk about myself.

We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.

People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.

I always considered myself really non-confrontational and shy and introverted.

Every once in a while, you need a reminder of how people see you, view you.

I never liked talking about myself or my background because I hated bringing back bad memories. And sometimes when I talked, it would come out the wrong way, and I'd look like a jerk. That's why I became an enigma to people.

Not only am I a shy person, I take a little while to say what I mean, especially in a social situation, and usually those move too fast for me to say anything at all.

I don't look into myself too much. I don't think I'm shy so much as a better listener than I am a speaker. I just really don't wish for attention.

I think people always misjudge me.

I don't like talking about myself.

I know that I'm often perceived as this odd guy who's a bit out there, and I've probably, once in a while, reinforced that image, but I'm really not that person, and, in a way, I want even less so to be seen like that.

I'm a very shy, introverted person.

Talking about myself is difficult for me. It's anti my true nature.