Dylan Penn Quotes

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

The truth of the matter is that I used to be much more - as it were - shy. Now I don't care!

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

You have to get over being shy, and just be comfortable with yourself, and I think that for me, if I'd stayed in a small town, I'd be a different person.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

I was a very shy kid. In 8th grade, I had a teacher who got me into improv.

Being shy has never held me back.

I've always been very shy. Now I don't care anymore.

I've never hidden the fact that I used to be shy, even when I was 30. However, I might have been self-conscious on the inside, but I was never inhibited about my body.

I think to be courageous, you have to be afraid. For me, it feels very courageous when I go skiing because I'm very, very afraid to ski. It's dangerous! I feel very scared. But when I'm acting, I don't feel very scared.

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness.

I'm insecure about things. I'm not afraid to say it, though. Even when my publicist is like, 'Go on the red carpet,' I don't wanna go.

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself.

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

I've played so many jobs where I'm fearless, but it's far from me. I wish I were like that in real life.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

In my everyday life I'm a little bit nervous and not particularly brave. I feel like if I can be completely brave in my work then I'm doing something right.

Every time I act on a fear, I feel disappointed in myself. I have a lot of fear. If I can quit all fear in my life and all guilt, then I tend to be much, much more living up to my standards. I've never seen a person fail if they didn't fear failure.

Whenever I'm terrified of anything, I jump to it.

The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I was a milksop as a kid. I had no confidence, no guts. I felt I was going to be someone else someday - someone who didn't have my weaknesses.

Sometimes you can doubt your own abilities to do certain things. We get nervous, we get stuck, or we're not sure if we can live up to what we want to do.

'Don't worry about it, and you'll be great,' said nobody, ever.