Nathan Fielder Quotes

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

I've never been all that comfortable in real life.

I was one of those weird children that just couldn't talk to people, so I kind of had to make myself be not like that because I knew it was going to hinder me.

Overcoming my shyness has been a lifelong struggle.

Being introverted, it doesn't mean necessarily being shy or being afraid of public speaking; it just means that it's hard for me to interact with people for too long.

For those of us who aren't great with people, we figure that silence is always the safest bet. If you're an introvert, you spend so much of your time wishing that other people would just shut the hell up that you figure you're doing everyone a favor.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

I've always had to force myself to make friends and speak to people. My parents were quiet, and it took me a while to get used to the fact that people talk about their feelings, their problems.

I was painfully shy when I was a kid. I always thought when most people were born, part of the toolkit was teaching you how to relate to other people - and it was just left out of my toolkit.

I'm quite shy. Really. I'm trying to expand myself as a person more, get involved with people.

I have never had a social life, don't ever want one because it's boring. I'm just not very good with people, and you meet people every night who expect you to be this rock star with these developed social skills, which I don't have.

I'm always a little innately shy when I first talk to a girl, and I think I always will be! But I think that's a good thing. You don't want to lose that.

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.

I wasn't a one-on-one type of guy.

I can interact with anybody, but I'm shy.

I didn't know how to get along with others. I didn't even know how to be in the same room with other people. Then, after a while, you learn.

I'm a bit awkward.

I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.

Truthfully, I'm incredibly shy, and I'm very awkward around boys.

I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people or making friends. But in the real world. interacting with other people - especially kids my own age - made me a nervous wreck. I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

Socially, I think I'm quite comfortable; I enjoy chatting to people... but I do have my quirks.