Clea Duvall Quotes

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it.

Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.

Hell is being stuck in a lift with Elton John and the Queen Mother.

I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, it's a little weird.

[Referring to LBJ:] ... one of the few politicians with whom I found it uncomfortable to be in the same room.

I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.

That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that.

I'm nervous and awkward.

Sometimes, discomfort is very uncomfortable. Anybody can get occasionally tired of it, and then it can change fast, where it's comfort that disturbs you.

Awkward is a state of being.

I hate Q&As. They make me feel awkward.

I'm a bit awkward.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

I can't make eye contact when people sing 'Happy Birthday' to me.

I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it.

Interviews are my least favorite thing to do.

I feel like I am the outsider on the inside, if that makes sense. But I have coped with it.

Let's face it: quaintness is creepy.

I embraced loneliness as a kid. I know what loneliness is. When you're at the end of your rope. I never forget those feelings.

Apparently I had a boner in the acceptance video

You guys are just standing up because I fell, and it's so embarrassing.

He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each.

I find a fence a very uncomfortable place to squat my bottom.

What's more interesting are the dynamics between people that involve hypocrisy or ignoring each other. That's what I want to write about. I like to make people uncomfortable because it's something we should be uncomfortable about.