James Bobin Quotes

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

People tell me all the time that I look forbidding or aloof. That doesn't bother me much - I am fairly private, withdrawn, and... distant, I guess. But, um, I think that's okay.

I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart.

I am happiest in public, working in my world. Then I can be the star. That I can do. When I am not working, I am more guarded, set apart. It's not my life, that. I like interactions, but interaction that is not forced.

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

Kanye is so much fun. He's a wonderful person. What I love about Kim and Kanye is that I think they save their happy moments and their smiles for themselves rather than sharing everything with the public. And listen, when a camera is shoved in your face trying to take a selfie, you do not want to smile.

I'm not shy or reclusive. I just spend my time with people rather than journalists.

I've never had a very great public life.

Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.

I always try to avoid anything that has to do with my life.

I guess I prefer to be quite private. It's a myth that actors are exhibitionists.

I don't hide anything about myself, so I don't find it difficult to talk about things that happen in my life... But at the same time, I don't like putting myself out there too much. That's how I am.

I am a private person. I don't need a lot of company. And I find it really, really difficult to talk about myself.

For me, I never want anyone outside of my immediate family and outside of me to have the power to alter the way that I walk, talk, shop, or date. When you start feeding off of that outside acceptance and accolades, you lose sight of what's actually real. Once you get there, it's kind of hard to double back.

I don't let people affect me.

I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.

For me, I'm a super private person.

I feel like nobody really knows my story, which I see as a good thing, and I'm kind of happy about that.

I know how to look after myself.

I try to keep my life low key, and I don't like going to parties unless they're thrown by a friend of mine, or they're to do with a project I'm in, or it's because I've been nominated for an award.

I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature.

I don't really read stuff on myself. I like to just kind of stay away... I don't get too involved in that.

I'm very, very private; I don't enjoy talking about myself to strangers. Particularly strangers with tapes going.

Many introverts feel there's something wrong with them, and try to pass as extroverts. But whenever you try to pass as something you're not, you lose a part of yourself along the way. You especially lose a sense of how to spend your time.

But I'm glad I'm not one of those actresses who is just so ready to open up for everyone.