John Hawkes Quotes

I also have that desire to blurt stuff out, but I've learned I can't do that. Not when you realise the whole world is listening. That's why perhaps I look so uncomfortable in interviews at times.

I don't like to interview people in front of their friends; they clam up.

When you're talking about a really horrible personal thing that happened to you... and it doesn't get laughs... I feel really exposed and like I've overshared with some strangers.

I was not on social media for a really long time because I was afraid of being seen.

I don't want people to look at me.

It's really intimidating to go on the beach in a bikini.

As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was doing them. I decided to do them in disguise so that I didn't have to actually go through the humiliation of going on stage and being myself.

Harassment is the background radiation of my life. It is a factor in every decision I make. Any time I tweet something or make a post, I'm always thinking about it.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

I've always had a problem saying what I feel for fear of having someone dislike me.

Everybody has a dream, and everybody knows people who have a dream that they don't want to share with anybody because they're too embarrassed to share.

I put my foot in my mouth every time I'm interviewed.

I'm scared of saying something that may get taken the wrong way.

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

I don't want to be able to see the audience.

It's very intimidating to be photographed, but if I kneel down and chat with you, so you're looking down at me, it makes you feel less threatened.

I've auditioned for roles that involved voice, but I don't like it. I feel like, I can't do this in front of you. It seems so separate - I don't share it with a lot of people. And I'm not into public performances.

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me.

People are usually afraid to say what's on their mind.

I am an extremely private person. I always feel that I come across as a caricature of myself whenever I do interviews.

It's difficult to talk to people... I walk into a room and I'm Danielle Steel, and whatever I say is going to be taken apart.

It would be cool to be invisible, but I'm afraid of what people would say about me if they didn't know I was there. Some things are better left unknown.

People are so scared to really voice who they are. They want to be politically correct. Just scared to see what other people's perceptions are.

It's really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that it's not going to be in a positive way.

My biggest thing has always been privacy. With an interview such as this where the questions are about me, I struggle to express myself. I have an immediate answer in my head of what I'd say, but sometimes I feel that it would be too honest. So these wheels of censorship start going around my head.