Flume Quotes

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think.

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage.

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

I think maybe even one of the reasons I became an actor was actually to hide. I mean, it sounds paradoxical because, of course, people are standing up in a public place and encouraging other people to look at them. So that's not the conventional definition of hiding.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.

I was shy and a hard worker, so acting was a way to focus whatever nervous energy I was experiencing onto a goal.

I'm not an introvert. I'm media shy.

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.

I was super shy as a kid, and theater was a way that everything made sense to me.

Even as a kid I wasn't, like, a natural entertainer, where I would gather everyone around me and then sing or something at family parties.

I love people who go on stage and blossom like a weird flower.

I am not comfortable, being in the limelight and I think that's fine. When I have to, I talk. Otherwise, I prefer not to.

There's a social element of me that's pretty reserved. High school was when I was starting to come out of my shell because of the theater community.

As a kid, I was really shy. Technically I am still, but when I'm performing I want everybody to listen.

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.

I used to hate touring, I used to absolutely hate it! I think one of the reasons why was because in between songs I found it difficult to talk to the audience, and now I don't care, I say what I want!

I was a shy kid and acting did bring me out of my shell during high school.

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, 'Here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.'

It took me a long time to be alright with smiling onstage.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead.