I'm not shy. I'm quiet. With my close friends. I talk a lot. But if I'm at a big dinner, I'm not gonna walk in and go introduce myself to everybody.
I'm sure I'm one of those undiagnosed people with social anxiety.
I'm pretty shy, believe it or not.
It's partly true that I am not seen that often in public. Well, I'm just socially awkward, especially around people I'm not familiar with. But once you get to know me, I'm quite a chatterbox.
I find parties difficult. I like a dinner party, but I find being at parties difficult, so I choose not to go to parties.
I really hate being recognised. I'm quite a shy person, and I'm not very good at talking to strangers. So when people come up to me in the street, I just find it quite awkward. I don't really know what to say to them.
I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.
Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.
Offscreen, I'm a private person. I'm shy and don't know how to face the public.
I'm, like, the most terrible person to go to a party with in the world, because I just can't enjoy it. I'm just thinking all the time about what it means and what the implications are.
I never liked big parties, especially going alone. I much prefer smaller gatherings that are more intimate.
I was gregarious as a kid, but I think the idea of actually getting to know people, I'm just shy. It sort of takes me a minute to want to sit down and talk about myself.
I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.
I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.
I've never been all that comfortable in real life.
Some people get a little shy, you know, and it can take a certain mood or a situation or a vibe for you to relax and come out of your shell.
In real life I avoid all parties altogether, but on paper I can mingle with the best of them.
I don't really dance. I don't drink or smoke. Being at parties is very awkward.
As a young guy I was really shy, more shy than I am now.
I've never had a very great public life.
People aren't throwing themselves at me, but I also don't go out very much. Like, when I do go out, it's for breakfast, so it's a little hard to throw yourself at me during breakfast.
I have mild social anxiety to an extent where, when I'm talking to a new person, literally the only thing I can think in the back of my head is: 'What do I say when they're done talking?'
As a point of fact, I am not used to making frequent appearances in public, except at times when it is required.
School was a big source of anxiety for me. I hated school. I have social anxiety, and it developed when I was a kid. I had trouble going to birthday parties. It was always there. I begged my mom to let me be home-schooled at one point for a semester because I was so miserable at school.
I'm someone who is quite shy, and onstage I'm quite... extrovert.
