Toby Young Quotes

People laugh at me. Sometimes I know why, and sometimes I don't.

For some reason, people look at me and laugh. I don't know why.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping and showing off his shortcomings.

I got more shy as I got older and realized people could be laughing at me or judging me.

I've always made a fool out of myself.

I don't feel ashamed or humiliated when I am naked, but I definitely feel it when I am playing games.

I'm not saying that I don't like the stuff I put out into the world, because I genuinely enjoy my videos and think they are funny. What I'm saying is that I embrace the fact that I have a punchable face, and that if I could punch myself without feeling it, I would.

Sexy? Me? I'm too shy.

Of course, after like, three or four years of being called a loser and putting on bad suits and having the sweat and all that stuff put on me, it does start to get to you after a while.

I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.

I always seem to be chosen to do very flattering things like the beard comb over or go to the bathroom with the door open on Sex and the City or be the guy people meow at in Super Troopers. It's great for self esteem.

I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

People seem to really enjoy laughing at me.

In junior high school, I was an object of pure ridicule for my dress, withdrawal, and asocial manner. Dozens of times, I saw individuals laugh and smile more in ten to fifteen minutes than I did in all my life up to then.

Don't forget, I was the soft, pudgy kid in school that everyone made fun of.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at.

I've spent my life being embarrassed.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

My problem is people seem to laugh at me, but the one that laughs harder than anybody is me.