Chris Parnell Quotes

I was always really shy so I'd never try to get a guy's attention.

I didn't do particularly well with girls at school. I was very shy. I'm not saying that was the only reason I didn't do well with them, but I just didn't.

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

When I came to New York, I was really awkward. I went to military academy for high school, so I didn't have the socialization that most kids do. When I got here, I was five years behind everybody. Talking to women was weird for me.

I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at.

I think the shyness one feels in childhood is often overcome with time. There are children who hide behind their parents' legs, but you don't see grown-ups hiding behind people. It just doesn't happen. I mean, not that often. People develop social skills over time.

I'm not good at picking people up, I'd rather just get to know someone. I'm not an 'opening line' kind of guy; it's not really my scene. But at school, I was good at talking to girls. I wasn't good at making moves, though.

Sometimes men tend to get a little shy, so if the woman wants to make the first move, go ahead!

I'm so terrible. When it comes to talking to women, I'm the worst. I don't know what to say. I come over very, very geeky.

If you're shy, get the hell over it: You're slamming the door in your own face.

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

I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time, but I just, I did not know how to respond to that.

The basic equation that mystified me as a young man was looking at guys who could actually get girls. I was always amazed, because they never seemed to care. I was like, 'How do they do that?'

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I don't know how to talk to people I don't know.

I'm pretty good with not being afraid to just go up to people and introduce myself.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

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

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.

I'm not great... in large groups of people, but I'm not shy anymore.

I've got friends who are so good at getting away with things, like going up to the desk to get upgraded on a plane, for example. I haven't got any of that kind of confidence in those situations. I look so awkward. I act awkward. I'm really apologetic.

Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act on it regardless. I wasn't shy, but I'd get nervous. I got a little more confident later in high school when I realized I could get girls to pay attention to me by making them laugh.