Andrea Hirata Quotes

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

I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.

I'm shy in my personal life.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

I've always been uncomfortable, so to speak, when the focus is on me.

I'm just a really shy person. I don't gravitate towards attention, so for someone like me to have as much attention as I have is bizarre.

I hope people don't get tired of looking at me.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

All my life, I've felt people are looking at me. So, when I became known, it was like, 'I'm not imagining this any more. People genuinely are staring at me. Oh, Christ, now they're coming over!'

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.

I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

I'm a shy human being.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

People think I'm so strong, but I'm very shy.

I've always been shy.

The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.

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 think what people might not really know about me is that I'm really a shy individual.

I never want to be a showoff or attention getter or something that, truthfully, is kind of repulsive to me, but I get uncomfortable.

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.

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

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