Imelda Staunton Quotes

You know what, when you screw up in the ring, it's so embarrassing.

When I was 13, I was in my tent at Girl Scout camp, trying to change out of my bathing suit and talking at the same time. I fell out of the tent in front of everyone with my bathing suit around my ankles. I was humiliated - but no amount of humiliation has ever seemed to stop me.

I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.

My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.

Every time I fumble or drop a ball I am embarrassed.

My films are about embarrassment.

My forte is awkwardness.

If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'

I don’t make many mistakes but when I make one, it’s a beaut.

I'm vaguely embarrassed by myself sometimes.

I don't really experience much embarrassment.

Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing things.

I don't really get embarrassed a lot because I feel like life goes on. I mean, I fell on stage one time; like, I tripped one time. My voice cracked... That's pretty embarrassing.

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.

I'm a terrible dancer. The worst.

I was in a play in elementary school and had to jump up and run away. I was nervous and tripped and fell down and everyone laughed. Their laughter made me relax, so I pretended it was part of the show.

I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

I've generally got low levels of embarrassment.

Every day, I have a most embarrassing moment.

What's the most humiliating thing? When you take someone to dinner or you cook somebody dinner and they get food poisoning. I mean, how bad do you feel?

If you're OK with being clumsy, it's funny. But if you are super embarrassed, people are going to laugh at you.

During my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn't happen.

Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.