Bryant Gumbel Quotes

A lot of times, when I interact with someone for the first time, I don't want to see the presentation.

If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.

I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time.

I love meeting people, I love seeing faces.

The next time you face a room full of strangers . . . you might tell yourself that some of them are just friends waiting to be found.

I don't say I'm not magnetic to try and sound self-deprecating. I'm just not. Though I actually love people. I would like to meet more people. I know no one.

Some things I like to do better than other things, but I've got to say that in the end, the thing that makes it the most interesting for me is who you're with, you know? It's people that make the difference in just about any field, right?

I’ve never wanted to meet anyone I’ve been introduced to. I want to meet all the other people.

Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky.

Dating is kind of hard. Like dinner or something like that. Like a forced awkward situation is very strange. Especially for me, for some reason.

I never go on Facebook! I like, haven't confirmed anybody to be my friend on Facebook. I have lots of friends; I'm just really bad at Facebook.

I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general.

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.

I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.

I get a lot of letters from introverts asking how they can meet people. The key is to make sure that you are doing things you enjoy.

I'm making a movie about relationships, and I'm surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.

I feel like in an interview situation, it's a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real life, when I'm much more of a bumbler and have a hard time.

I am actually a very unspeaking person. I'm not really good in social situations. People expect me to be more outgoing. I don't know why. They think I have this kind of assurance.

I do talk a lot - far more than my husband - but I'm not good at talking to a lot of people. I either talk a lot of rubbish - which I'm sure I do a lot of the time anyway - or I stare at the soup. I'm no good at social presentation.

I just like being around people, especially nice people, and there are a lot of nice girls on tour.

I was never a games night guy, but at some point, social interaction starts to freak me out. So when there's a point, it's easier for me to see the people I love and hang out and try to have fun.

Some interviewees you make friends with and some you don't.

I'm not good at small talk. I'm really not. I'm not that great at any talk.

I wouldn't say I handle attention well. I'd say I stumble over pick-up lines poorly. I'm not good at any of that.

I'm not an ace at small talk.