Elia Kazan Quotes

I'm a very self-conscious person.

I never thought I was doing any great work. I never thought I would last. In the beginning, I was terrible. I never used to speak to people. I used to start crying. I was extra sensitive. I would run away home and feel miserable. I didn't know how to behave then. I was touchy. People interpreted it as arrogance.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

I have an unfortunate personality.

I was this very self-conscious, shy person once I hit my teens.

I'm stupidly shy. It's the thing I dislike most about myself.

I was always quiet and even timid.

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

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

To be honest, I was kind of a shy kid growing up.

I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life.

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

I'm not the guy who bursts into the room. I'm the most insecure person you'll meet if you get to know me.

I was really, really shy when I was a little girl.

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

I was painfully shy as a child.

I am shyer than most people think.

I was shy at school.

I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me.

I've always been self-conscious about my personality.

I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.

I was very shy and socially awkward.

I'm very shy about seeing my own face on the screen.

I get shy. I think that's in any situation.