Robert Barnes Quotes

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

I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.

I don't actually like dates. I get awkward as I never know what to do.

I always think that I've embarrassed myself.

I feel shy when people are fussing on me.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

I don't really enjoy being the center of attention; I find it hard.

My worst habit is probably awkward laughing. I always awkward laugh, like when you're talking to someone and no one is saying anything, so I'll do an awkward laugh. I wish I didn't do that.

It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.

I was so embarrassed I could feel my nerves curling like bacon over a hot fire.

Embarrassment is the worst! It's the feeling of having your entire body go numb and not knowning what to do with yourself for that one moment

I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

I get very uncomfortable with people watching me.

I cringe inside when anybody gives me something. I don't know why. I just get embarrassed.

Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.

I turned down dates because I dreaded sitting in front of a plateful of food.

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?

I still get nervous on dates. I'll be sitting at dinner with a guy and I have to excuse myself and go to the bathroom because I can't breathe.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and wonder how I do these things. I can embarrass myself so badly that I literally get a hot prickle down the back of my neck.

But inside, I'm going, 'Oh my God, is my zipper up? Do I have a booger in my nose?' That's my inner monologue.

I'm one of those people that if I go to a party, I can't remember my mother's name because I'm so nervous in a social situation.

I think it's the human condition to be frequently embarrassed by your parents.