Lucy Liu Quotes

I'm afraid of people, in a way.

I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, and that the jig is up. Surely someone will rise up from the audience and say out loud that not only am I not funny and helpful, but I'm annoying, and a phony.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.

I have a fear of being boring.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

I'm always a little worried when people have met me in person because I'm worried they'll be disappointed.

I'm, like, the most terrible person to go to a party with in the world, because I just can't enjoy it. I'm just thinking all the time about what it means and what the implications are.

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

I'm terribly, horribly shy.

I was the kind of kid, I'd sit in the back row of the class with my head practically under the desk. I was incredibly afraid of people and very shy.

I have this fear of falling in front of large groups of people. That's why I tend not to wear heels.

I have social anxiety.

I have a worry of people not liking me. I get scared walking into a room first, so I have to have people walk in before me so then people are distracted. It's hard.

I'm paranoid of people hating on me.

I have stage fright really badly.

I can't even talk to someone and make eye contact.

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

I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

I think my worst nightmare is standing up in front of a group of people.

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

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I am a person who dreads any kind of public exposure and any kind of public event. I spend all day, if I have to do a reading, preparing.

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.