My early years as a 'speaker' involved note cards that shook like a leaf while I held them because I was so nervous.
I'm making a movie about relationships, and I'm surrounded by guys scared of talking to girls.
Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot.
I failed public speaking in grade school, 'cause I was so nervous and scared.
I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
I still get real nervous when I go in front of more than two people.
I'm not good with words, and I get mixed up.
If I had to speak in front of a Korean audience, I would be hard pressed to sound other than a little girl.
I get real brave when I text people. When I text people, I am so brave because it's words, but you can't say stuff.
The biggest thing is to overcommunicate your vision. It's so important to have real clarity as to what is inside your head, and sometimes that's really terrifying for people.
I am not a public speaker and never will be.
If someone doesn't respond to a phone call, I think they've died.
I am a shy man. I can't call a stranger and talk.
I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.
Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.
I was very nervous about giving speeches for a long time.
At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.
O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.
Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting?
I can't talk on the radio at all. When the red light comes on, my hands go up in the air: I think they're trying to get to my face, to shut me up. I don't talk on stage for the same reason.
I found I could perform in front of 200 people, but I would still feel nervous having a one-on-one conversation.
I do not speak at panels, because I'm a real shy actress. And to put me in that position, I'm going to fail you because that's not where my strengths lie.
I'm a small-town kid from Winnsboro, La., who grew up not really being comfortable talking to people.
I can do anything you want me to do so long as I don't have to speak.
In a conversation, the words can get stuck, I don't know what to say, I get very anxious.
