Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Quotes

I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.

It takes years for me to trust; I know that about myself. A lot of it is because I am so private, and so reluctant to make myself vulnerable.

I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.

I still find trusting people quite hard. I've got a couple of mates that I do let in, but that's it. It's something I've got to sort out - I cut people off.

Any kind of run-of-the-mill flaws that are easily solved, to me, are boring. Situational flaws, for example. I like flaws that are rooted in a deep distrust in people because of a lack of love.

It's hard for me to trust people, and especially girls it's - I don't really like doing the whole opening-up thing with girls.

It's hard to trust people when your own friends seem to think poorly of you.

I never felt, 'Oh, I think I look good.' I always tend to be more in the insecure side. And I thought that has always been a way to protect myself. Because I don't trust the good feelings that can come from that.

I always have issues with trust.

I have a lot of hang-ups in life with men. I'm not very trusting.

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen.

I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know; sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armor that people see more than they see you.

I wish I trusted people more. But when I meet someone, the first thing is, 'What does this person want?' And I put up a defense mechanism. But I've always been that way.

I just don't think that I trust men. That's the problem. I can appreciate a beautiful-looking man, but he's not my type.

It's my nature to run from relationships, because I have never seen a good one.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

I moved around so much when I was younger that I sort of had to have this type of exterior; you know, I was afraid of getting hurt.

Trust is not very easy for me at all. I want to be a trusting person, but I've been bruised so many times - not to sound woe-is-me about my life.

I have trust issues.

It is very difficult to trust anyone and I always find that hard in relationships.

I'm the way I am now because I was bullied when I was the lanky, gangly, skinny kid. I was the guy who would flick everybody off, and my middle finger was this skinny, long stick. I got picked on because of that.

Ever since I was a little kid, I've always felt un-trusted.

Sometimes, in my adult life, I have memories of when I was young and really scared of being too close to people.

Paranoia plays into all of us. Trust is a terrifying idea of not knowing who we can rely on.

I'm not comfortable, for myself and for others. And yet, one has these people whom you trust, have faith in, whom you believe see what you see, and then you come up against a moment where you feel suddenly tossed out. So I was really interested in those moments.