Miranda July Quotes

I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.

It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection.

I'm very shy, and I shy away from people. But the moment I hit the stage, it's a different feeling I get nerve from somewhere; maybe it's because it's something I love to do.

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.

I love interacting with an audience. I love just being myself in front of a crowd.

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

There's nothing more vulnerable than just standing in front of a thousand people, or ten thousand people, and doing your best to entertain them, touch them in some way.

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

Strangely enough I'm better on a stage. I love that I feel like I blossom in front of a whole bunch of people.

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

When you get onstage, you can see everyone in the audience's face, down to the detail. You can see who may or may not be yawning.

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.

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain.

I'm hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish.

When I was doing 'Britain's Got Talent,' I really enjoyed it, but I found it very difficult to be in the audience. I like to be on stage; I feel safer on stage because I'm in control.

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

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.

I was too shy to do any vocal lessons or go to choirs; I just didn't want to be seen doing it. It's something that I kept to myself. I started easing into it, and I started doing talent shows, and YouTube really helped with that, too.

I don't like getting up in front of people and being the loud one when everybody's out quiet and you're the only one talking. I'm not a fan of that. I'm fine when I get in front of a camera, I don't care. You'll never see me on stage. Not at all.

People think that I'm a really outgoing person because of how I am on stage. But I'm not. I'm really shy.

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.

Well, a lot of people don't know this about me, but I'm actually shy around people I don't know. I would just say with my first concert, my first tour, I didn't really talk onstage. I was like, 'Thank you, I love you guys,' or whatever. But now I've just kind of learned to work a crowd.

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

I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.