Jake Lloyd Quotes

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

I always do get a little bit paranoid when I get a lot of attention. But I get used to it.

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

I struggled with the limelight.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

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

I don't like my birthday. I don't like things that are directed towards me. It took me a long time to get over people asking me to write my name in the book.

I find celebrity status difficult to bear when I am in the company of my mother.

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

I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I'm sure I'd have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn't mean it's not really awkward.

I didn't like the nervous tension of being a public person.

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

All the cameras shifted from the players to me.

I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.

I don't really like to be filmed.

I've never dreamed of being famous. The idea of it really scares me.

I was uncomfortable with that kind of fame when you're in the tabloids every day.

I don't know how to let loose when I'm dancing to the music and the people that made the music are watching me. I've never felt so much pressure in my life.

With publicity comes humiliation.

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.

Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.

I am sincerely mortified to be thus brought forward on the public stage against my love of silence … and my abhorrence of dispute.

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

Standing by myself, just having everybody looking at me the entire time, is not my idea of a good time.