Barun Sobti Quotes

It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor.

I find just being on set embarrassing. Mortifying. And that's with all my clothes on.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

Singing in public makes me very uncomfortable.

I always feel like I'm an actress.

I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.

I was kind of scared of failing at acting.

I'm scared of audiences.

I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.

I am honestly very intimidated when I meet new people and they expect me to be the onscreen Vir. On stage, I say a lot of things I might never say in real life; I am never the life of the party. People are quite surprised to see that I am more of a quiet artiste off stage.

My greatest fear is speaking in public. You meet, like, um, people who just concentrate on me. I'd rather not have everyone focus on me.

I find actors a little bit too self-conscious.

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.

Any situation where I feel like people are looking at me and I've got to speak is the kind of thing I have nightmares about.

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.

Acting is embarrassing.

I was once so terrified of acting that I used to pretend I was ill to get out of drama.