Patricia Arquette Quotes

I was a very quiet child growing up. I always knew that I was funny - I just never put it to use.

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

I was quite creative at school, and was also interested in fashion, but I was shy - I'm still not the loudest of people, believe it or not.

I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination.

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

As a kid, I drew comics. I had curly hair. I liked to joke, but I was kind of nervous about it at first until it was coaxed out of me.

I was a shy kid, wasn't necessarily an extrovert, but I couldn't help doing voices.

It's not like I'm shy or anything. I'm not.

I used to be the shy kid who would barely raise her hand or speak her mind.

I find it difficult to talk about myself. I'm just shy.

Part of my gestalt is that I still feel a little bit like a wallflower. Even in my own life. I talk about myself behind my back.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

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.

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I'm just not used to talking that much about myself. It feels strange.

I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.

When I play games, I'll make up little stories for just anything. It's almost the game of making up background stories for people you see on the street. You know what I mean? I wasn't exactly the popular kid in school growing up, so I found myself really observing people, and watching how they interact, and how they react to things.

I think I'm dull. I would rather watch other people.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

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 have a high degree of sensitivity, always have. I was very shy as a child. I don't know why that was.

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.

As a young man, I was very introverted and quiet, but with a lot of intensity and feelings.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.