Michael Strahan Quotes

Andy was an offbeat personality, shy and insecure. The whole reason for taking a camera with him wherever he went was because he was so shy. He'd break the ice by taking pictures.

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

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

The problem is I'm not a good photographer. To be perfectly honest, I'm too shy. Not aggressive enough. Well, I'm not aggressive at all. I just loved to see wonderfully dressed women, and I still do. That's all there is to it.

I'm happiest when in front of the camera, and I didn't know it until I got up there.

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

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.

In real life I'm very low-key. A wallflower. One of the reasons I went into comedy and acting was that I was sick of being shy.

I really liked drama and being in plays, so when I was playing a character onstage and I could act like somebody else, then I wasn't scared or nervous, but I didn't like meeting new people when I had to be myself. That was scary.

In a lot of ways I look at these old photos, and I don't know if I would have been able to communicate with these people on this level if I didn't have a camera. I think I would still be so shy.

I was always really shy. That's why being in front of cameras like this is uncomfortable. I found that when I was a kid, I would hide behind playing pretend. That's when I would come out of my shell. I would dress up as an old man or something and go out onto the street with my mom. I would come out of my shell that way. So I ended up stumbling into acting. It was the one thing that I found a passion for.

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

The camera doesn't intimidate me.

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

As a young person, and I know it's hard to believe that I was shy, but you could take your camera, and it would take you to places: it was like having a friend, like having someone to go out with and look at the world. I would do things with a camera I wouldn't do normally if I was just by myself.

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

I totally love being on camera.

I've always been shy and that's partly why I chose a life behind the lens. I like people to look at my work and hopefully it speaks for itself.

I just love photographing. I don't do it for anyone else.

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

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

I'm not such a talkative person, and I don't like speaking in front of a lot of people.

I love doing photoshoots; it let's me really show off my personality, flair, and makeup within a photo.

I like jokes and one-liners. I enjoy entertaining and making people laugh, being the funny man. But when I'm launched into unfamiliar environments I shut down, and as I relax then my character emerges.

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.