Frankie Cosmos Quotes

You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

People who've only seen me perform might assume that I'm confident and that being ignored wouldn't bother me - but it does.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

I'm not the person in person that I am on stage.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

I kind of keep my personality in my pocket a lot. When I start to do stand-up, that's not my true personality either. It's the personality of a guy who hasn't been able to say what he wanted to say.

I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.

I wasted years worrying about what other people thought.

I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

I know I work quite hard at making people like me.

When I'm not doing the show, and the work has stopped, I walk into a restaurant and I'm shy; yet, when I'm in the show, when people come up with their phones and want to take my picture, I can handle it because it's almost like I'm wearing an armour.

I have always admired people who are comfortable not being liked because I am the opposite of that. To the point when I was little, it was crippling.

Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me.

I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

The minute I stop singing, I'm back to being shy. I'm soft-spoken because I never really talked to people. I didn't learn to do it.

There is a healthy amount of self-doubt and criticism with most people that make music. You find your areas that are your best. Onstage, I am good. But talking to someone in the grocery store? Forget about it.

I feel like my consignment and fear from people pushed me to become a performer.

Sometimes I worry about things changing and people not liking me any more. As a comedian you do feel like you're walking on a knife edge.

People who don't know that I do comedy think I'm shy, kind of a dud, and I don't have the wherewithal to prove them wrong. It takes me a long time to get to know people.

It's exhausting trying to impress someone and be a version of yourself that might be attractive to them.