Marisa Miller Quotes

And I was very shy as a kid; if you sang me 'Happy Birthday,' I would cry. Quite shy. So the idea of being an actor, much less a model, was just out of this world.

It is strange: I love to be in front of the audience, but I have this opposite side that is afraid of meeting people, that doesn't want to talk. I feel it's like having a little hard stone inside me of problems, doubts, and shyness.

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

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.

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

I am shy. People misconstrue it as arrogance.

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.

I am not as confident as the characters I play. I am a bit aloof. I am uncomfortable in social situations.

I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

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

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?

It's kind of weird - I get shy when I'm around new people, still, even when I'm onstage. I come from not really wanting to be in lights or known or in front of people.

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

I'm really shy - I don't do karaoke.

I'm outgoing when I have to be, but usually, I'm kinda shy. I always think people don't want to talk to me. Some people might take that as being stuck-up, but I'm just shy.

Part of me is very shy.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

I am shyer than most people think.