Judd Apatow Quotes

There was a point in school when I was, like, thirteen, that I didn't feel comfortable at all.

It truly is a little intimidating to go speak at a middle school. Sure, on one hand the kids are only around 13 years old, but on the other hand, merely going back there reactivates the dorky, miserable feeling of being that age again. It isn't easy. As soon as I arrived I could almost feel the braces on my teeth, the don't-look-at-me slouch of my shoulders, the feathered wings of my bangs.

I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.

I was always the weirdo at school. When I became a model [at 16], I didn't tell anybody. I was terrified that the kids would rip me to pieces.

I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable.

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

It was terrible on dates, because I could never eat when I was on a date.

Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.

I go to third grade, and I'm scared to death. I'm just 6 years old, and the kids are so much bigger than me.

I think the whole nerves thing comes into play when we worry about what other people and society will think.

When the eyes are on you for the first time, you can't believe that people aren't criticising you.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

I wasn't into anything at school. I used to get really embarrassed. I used to get asked to do performing things, and I'd go to all the rehearsals, and then I'd pretend to be ill on the day I had to actually perform. I was very unhappy at school.

I always think that I've embarrassed myself.

I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be 'seen through,' or, even worse, instantly hated.

Oh, there's a teenage girl inside all women. It comes out mainly when we walk into a room filled with other women and immediately feel self-conscious. I do, anyway. I'm always convinced I'm going to fall flat on my face or something.

Everyone is insecure, especially in high school.

When you're with a bunch of loud 20-year-olds, if you're on a movie and everybody is a lot younger than you and they want you to go to a club, I'm not very comfortable in that situation. I've been on movies when everybody goes out to some loud place. I don't know; I'm not comfortable.

In high school, I was scared to dance.

If you imagine yourself to be someone who is very uncomfortable in their own skin, then it does funny things to your voice.

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

All my life - middle school, high school - I've always been worried what are people going to think.

I'd never dance at school discos, I couldn't believe people could show themselves like that.

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