Fran Lebowitz Quotes

I don't think I'm exactly gregarious, you know. I'm not usually known as the loud person in the room.

When I'm not on stage, I'm kind of shy. If you see me and I don't say much, don't think I'm not taking in what you have to say. I'm just not a big talker.

I am just a quiet reclusive person who has managed to hang around for a while.

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

I was your quintessential nerd in high school.

I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off.

The men I find myself attracted to are the ones who don't say anything and are quite shy.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great story. I've always been much more of a listener.

I've always been kind of a shy guy. Not very outgoing. I might not start a conversation, but if somebody else does, I'll chat away.

I wasn't a social butterfly at all.

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

I was - I was very - I wasn't outgoing at all as a child.

I was quite quiet as a kid. I sat around watching people.

I'm not, like, a gregarious guy. I don't walk into a room and want to engage people. I'm just not wired that way. One on one, I'm fine.

I wasn't the crazy kid bouncing off the walls, I would just sit back a make comments and I made people laugh.

Personally, for my character, I started as the silent but deadly type.

I am someone who doesn't talk more than what is required, but I am also a fun person.

I'm quite a reserved person, a bit shy at first when I don't know someone. I like to have a laugh and a joke; people have seen that in me.

There's a common personality type to software developers - one I certainly fall into. We're more comfortable staring at a screen than staring into someone's eyes. Engineers can be brilliant in the workplace, and something less-than-brilliant everywhere else.

My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds.

Sensitive, shy-of course I was. The fun of acting is to become someone else.

I’m a quiet person. I spend time observing, not speaking.

He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.