Hugh Jackman Quotes

I personally don't feel like I'm really different with the mask on or not, but I don't really like to take interviews or go talk to other people or in front of other people.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

I remember in second grade, everybody in the class had to come up with adjectives for each other, and I got shy. In a way, I force myself to perform, because if I didn't, I'd stay home rolled up in a ball watching 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' all day.

As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.

It was an interesting process trying to get Bob to talk about the film because he's such a shy person. He generally likes to talk when he really knows he has something to say.

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.

I'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.

There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.

I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar environments I shut down, and as I relax then my character emerges.

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.

I have always been a bit of an introvert. In fact, my dad used to force me to meet people so that my interpersonal skills improve. As an individual, I was happiest when left alone.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

I'm shy. I am. I mean, if I get around, you know, in a room of a bunch of people especially I - you know, I don't know or - it takes me a while to warm up. I'm - and the real me, I'm not as witty as, you know, as the comic Wanda. The comic, she's had time to work on some things.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.

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.

I am a little nervous with strangers. But I'm not tight inside. I think I am impulsive.