Ella Mai Quotes

I never sing out loud because I'm afraid people will go, 'Shut up!'

I have never been able to sing in the shower, much less in front of anybody.

In high school, I was scared to dance.

I was always the shy one around, I wouldn't sing even in family gatherings.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

All of my friends are really good dancers, which was initially why I never danced - we'd go out, and they would kill it, and I'd be like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna sit at the bar.'

I get embarrassed a lot of times getting attention, but I like being onstage. Do you know what I mean? If I'm in a crowd of people and they're all looking at me, I will feel embarrassed. It's a strange dichotomy.

I'm a little more shy and not comfortable dancing in front of a large crowd.

I'm not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from - I don't want to say the spotlight - how about responsibility? It's just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. 'Captain America.' This is the stuff I struggle with.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

It's kind of weird - I get shy when I'm around new people, still, even when I'm onstage. I come from not really wanting to be in lights or known or in front of people.

I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot of English people, I'm prey to embarrassment - the dread that everyone's sort of sniggering at you, that you're going to look like an idiot. I think that sort of halts us all.

I'm not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

I get really nervous when I'm performing or meeting new people.

I am literally horrible at speaking to a camera.

I am very shy. It's the most stressful thing to be in the public eye.

I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that's what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.

I was shy: I sang at home but not in public. My dad's side of the family sang, so I would hear their voices and think mine couldn't compare.

I was a painfully shy person in my pre-acting days.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I can feel very brave through all the action scenes in front of the people who are on the set, but when a girl comes close to me my face turns red because I'm so shy.

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

I'm a very shy person and I never tried to do theater.