Lisa Hanawalt Quotes

I'm shy and open up to very few people.

I don't like opening up in front of everyone.

Walking into a room filled with people you don't know but who know you brings out your worst vulnerabilities.

I don't really like to be filmed.

I find it very hard to approach people. I take a very long time to open up and become friends with someone.

I was not born to be the center of attention in a crowded room.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

I remember certain people in the audience laughing and I wanted to ask: 'What are you laughing at? This isn't funny.' Now I realize that laughter can come from insecurity. They don't know how they should be feeling.

You're only going to get surface with me. It takes me ages to warm up to people.

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

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

Opening myself to criticism was a big door to go through. You can be afraid about something your whole life, about being out in public where people know your name but not you, and it can cripple your ability to try new things.

It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.

I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.

I am not made to be pulled into the public as a person. I feel threatened there.

You always try to play it off cool, but even if I think I have a certain laidback body language when I'm meeting someone who I greatly admire, I still have this horrible tendency to go bright red.

There are places you go, and they say, 'Take off your dark glasses so we can see your beautiful blue eyes.' And you just want to... you just want to... I dunno, um... thump them.

I think it does, a little, hurt to be photographed.

I don't trust anyone... It's something that I have to live with, and I have to find the balance of who I want in my life and who isn't good for me.

It's really hard for me to be around people I admire.

Watching films I'm in is always a bit odd, especially when I'm watching them for the first time with other people. It's hard not to see my faults.

I'm not good at opening up with people.

I'm a private person and being recognized makes me uncomfortable.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't let anyone in easily.

I have trust issues with allowing other individuals to know my innermost secrets for fear of how I may be viewed. Everyone has this.