Nathan Fielder Quotes

People don't like silence, so they'll keep talking to fill the void.

My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.

I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward.

I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable.

If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.

People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.

I don't talk in front of people.

I have a way of dealing with situations where I come off awkward, or people think I’m purposely trying to make things uncomfortable. But normally I’m talking really slowly or there’s a lot of silence because there’s just nothing going on. I’m just totally freaking out, but from the outside perspective it looks like I’m in control.

I find it very hard to believe that people would prefer an awkward picture with me than a normal conversation.

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I dreaded the dance scene in 'Love Actually' more than having my teeth extracted.

I always felt I had to fill silences, usually by singing or whistling. It was nerves and shyness, really.

Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.

I like working with people. I like talking to people.

I'm socially awkward in life, and that's one of the reasons why I do what I do. I'm more about interpreting other people's words.

I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

I would never have a listening party! That's super awkward. Having to watch other people listen to or appraise something you've done is the most uncomfortable experience you could ever have.

I love throwing parties and being sociable and dancing. But I also have this other homebody side and can become quite isolated and anxious.

I have mild social anxiety to an extent where, when I'm talking to a new person, literally the only thing I can think in the back of my head is: 'What do I say when they're done talking?'

For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor.

I feel like I'm more comfortable talking to people. I've been put in the position where I have to, and it's not something I can avoid anymore.

My problem is that I love talking to people. I remember working in a call centre in Dalston and I'd end up having these long chats with old women.

Would it help if I stood around uselessly not knowing what to say?

Working with different people anyway is like life and meeting different people... as long as you can be empathetic, you can take a bit of them on and see what you can do to help their process. That said, my relationship with Woody Allen was trying to hang on his every word so that I could tell everybody what he said afterwards. But certainly, he was a very good example of somebody who you didn't hear talk above a very low volume for the entire time he was on-set.