Shy Quotes
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Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won`t come out while you`re watching.
Tennessee Williams
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It is a good idea to "shop around" before you settle on a doctor. Ask about the condition of his Mercedes. Ask about the competence of his mechanic. Don`t be shy! After all, you`re paying for it.
Dave Barry
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It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presence may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
James Douglas
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When I`m not on stage, I`m kind of shy. If you see me and I don`t say much, don`t think I`m not taking in what you have to say. I`m just not a big talker.
Justin Timberlake
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I was very shy, but was desperate to meet boys. So my sister told me to be a cheerleader. I didn`t make cheerleading squad, so I thought, "Why not try out for a play?" As soon as I did I found out I absolutely loved it. I could cry and scream and laugh, b...
Joan Allen
Keywords: absolutely :: and :: as :: be :: boys :: but :: cheerleader :: cheerleading :: co :: could :: cry :: desperate :: did :: didn :: for :: found :: in :: it :: laugh :: loved :: make :: me :: meet :: my :: not :: out :: play :: scream :: shy :: sister :: so :: soon :: squad :: thought :: to :: told :: try :: very :: was :: whySource: imdb.com
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I`m an only child and I`m just a real loner kind of person, and yeah, kinda dark. But I`m happy. Not sad. I`m just shy and nervous.
Clea DuVall
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I just feel my sexuality is private. I`m very shy about being sexy. That part of me has been so closed to the public eye. I`ve sold millions of records with my clothes on. (Vibe, June 2004)
Brandy Norwood
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I`d spent my entire teenage years suffering one unrequited love affair after the other. I was so shy I couldn`t even talk to girls. If I fancied them, I`d follow them home, but I didn`t have the guts to approach them. I was a teenage stalker. The same wen...
Simon Le Bon
Keywords: affair :: after :: approach :: but :: couldn :: didn :: entire :: even :: fancied :: follow :: for :: girls :: guts :: have :: home :: if :: love :: my :: one :: other :: same :: shy :: so :: spent :: stalker :: suffering :: talk :: teenage :: the :: them :: to :: unrequited :: was :: went :: yearsSource: imdb.com
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My first language was shy. It`s only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.
Al Pacino
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I`m a Gemini, so I have two personalities. I was really silly. I did crazy Woody Allen voices all the time, but I was also very shy around boys. And I had the older boyfriend. I met up recently with guys I knew in high school, and they said, I used to hav...
Monica Keena
Keywords: all :: allen :: also :: and :: around :: boyfriend :: boys :: but :: crazy :: crus :: did :: gemini :: guys :: had :: have :: high :: in :: knew :: met :: older :: personalities :: really :: recently :: said :: school :: shy :: silly :: so :: the :: they :: time :: to :: two :: up :: used :: very :: voices :: was :: with :: woodySource: imdb.com
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I`d gotten so used to it, doing TV shows, that I`d started to ignore it. But on Shaolin Soccer it was like the camera was a new boyfriend. I felt shy around it. I really wanted to show it my emotions, but I wasn`t sure if I was expressing my feelings corr...
Vicki Zhao
Keywords: around :: boyfriend :: but :: camera :: correctly :: doing :: emotions :: expressing :: feelings :: felt :: gotten :: if :: ignore :: it :: like :: my :: new :: on :: really :: shaolin :: show :: shows :: shy :: so :: soccer :: started :: sure :: that :: the :: to :: tv :: used :: wanted :: was :: wasnSource: imdb.com
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This might be the last thing anybody would see, but I`m probably shy. I`ve never gone to a party where I didn`t drink alcohol. I have a great time, but I`m not comfortable. My straight nature is not very social. That doesn`t mean I haven`t caught myself b...
Sean Penn
Keywords: alcohol :: anybody :: be :: being :: but :: caught :: comfortable :: didn :: doesn :: drink :: gone :: great :: have :: haven :: is :: last :: mean :: might :: my :: myself :: nature :: never :: not :: party :: probably :: see :: shy :: social :: straight :: that :: the :: thing :: this :: time :: to :: ve :: very :: where :: wouldSource: imdb.com
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[on Bing Crosby] As I look back, I think he was a very shy, insecure man. The world looked upon him as one of the great talents, he just never saw himself in that light.
Dorothy Lamour
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It was very natural for me to want to disappear into dark theater, I am really very shy. That is something that people never seem to fully grasp because, when you are an actor, you are meant to be an exhibitionist.
Nicole Kidman
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[on Clark Gable]: He happened to be an actor, a damned good one, and nobody knew it - least of all Clark. Oh, he wanted to be an actor, but he always deprecated his ability, pretended it didn`t matter. He was a really shy man with a terrible inferiority i...
Myrna Loy
Keywords: ability :: actor :: all :: always :: an :: and :: be :: but :: clark :: damned :: deprecated :: didn :: gable :: good :: happened :: he :: his :: in :: inferiority :: it :: knew :: least :: man :: matter :: nobody :: of :: oh :: on :: one :: pretended :: really :: shy :: some :: terrible :: there :: to :: wanted :: was :: withSource: imdb.com
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[on working with Charlie Sheen] We get on terribly. I can`t stand him. No, he`s great. He`s really quiet and shy and sweet.
Melanie Lynskey
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Introverted maybe, but incredibly focused to do whatever it is that I want to do. If it`s to go running this morning or to drink tonight, it`s gonna be the whole bottle. I don`t sip. (about being shy)
Jon Bon Jovi
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It is a little weird, and I do feel a little bit disoriented sometimes. I`m usually pretty shy around people and pretty private. So yeah, it is a little weird all of a sudden to see yourself everywhere with your tongue hanging out! And a pierced tongue! -...
Evan Wood
Keywords: all :: and :: around :: bit :: disoriented :: do :: everywhere :: feel :: hanging :: her :: is :: it :: little :: of :: on :: out :: people :: pierced :: pretty :: private :: see :: shy :: so :: sometimes :: sudden :: to :: tongue :: usually :: weird :: with :: yeah :: your :: yourselfSource: imdb.com
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Then there was school. I wasn`t a great success: I was shy, not particularly clever, and dyslexic. But thanks to an English master called Quibble-Smith, who gave me a part in a Greek tragedy, I realised that I enjoyed getting into character - I could expr...
Anthony Andrews
Keywords: an :: and :: but :: called :: character :: clever :: could :: dyslexic :: english :: enjoyed :: express :: gave :: getting :: great :: greek :: in :: into :: master :: me :: mysel :: not :: part :: particularly :: quibble :: realised :: school :: shy :: smith :: success :: thanks :: that :: then :: there :: to :: tragedy :: was :: wasn :: whoSource: imdb.com
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I had this idea of myself as a shy, kind, sweet chap. I was working with Winona Ryder and she turned to me and said, "Fuck, man, you`re really intense!" I was so shocked, I went, "What do you mean? I`m not intense, I`m sweet!" My passion and energy get mi...
Gary Oldman
Keywords: and :: anger :: as :: chap :: do :: energy :: for :: fuck :: get :: had :: idea :: intense :: kind :: man :: me :: mean :: mistaken :: my :: myself :: not :: of :: passion :: re :: really :: ryder :: said :: she :: shocked :: shy :: so :: sweet :: this :: to :: turned :: was :: went :: what :: winona :: with :: working :: youSource: imdb.com
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I like low maintenance, natural, outdoor-shy girls.
Paul Walker
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[People magazine, 9/1/85] I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk [Jonas Salk] did that I was really pissed off.
Cher
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I become irritated when I am being written off as aloof or stand-offish when I`m shy and don`t know what to say.
Trent Reznor
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I`m very shy. I can`t even act that well when the camera`s not on. I get really embarrassed.
Christina Ricci
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(2004 quote) I once met Clint Eastwood, and it was remarkable. I studied him as I spoke to him. I looked down, and his pants were a little short -- they showed a bit too much of his socks. There was something so timid and shy and almost gawky about him in...
Dustin Hoffman
Keywords: 2004 :: about :: almost :: and :: as :: bit :: clint :: down :: eastwood :: gawky :: him :: his :: in :: it :: life :: little :: looked :: met :: much :: of :: once :: pants :: quote :: real :: remarkable :: short :: showed :: shy :: so :: socks :: something :: spoke :: studied :: there :: they :: timid :: to :: too :: was :: wereSource: imdb.com
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The only thing I can do is act, but it`s not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I`m a shy person, even if I don`t look it.
Javier Bardem
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I was incredibly shy when I first got into the business, I still am to some extent. I`ve overcome that shyness through contact sports, but I wanted to find that same confidence interacting with people through acting instead of in the ring.
Dolph Lundgren
Keywords: acting :: am :: business :: but :: confidence :: contact :: extent :: find :: first :: got :: in :: incredibly :: instead :: interacting :: into :: of :: overcome :: people :: ring :: same :: shy :: shyness :: some :: sports :: still :: that :: the :: through :: to :: ve :: wanted :: was :: when :: withSource: imdb.com
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[about shooting nude scenes for The Dreamers (2003):] "I am a very shy person in life, very reserved, but you know, it`s Bertolucci. I`ve seen Last Tango and it`s not pornographic, it`s not vulgar, it`s not sick, so I trusted him. He`s a master of love an...
Eva Green
Keywords: 2003 :: about :: am :: and :: bertolucci :: bu :: but :: dreamers :: eroticism :: for :: he :: him :: in :: it :: know :: last :: life :: love :: master :: not :: nude :: of :: person :: pornographic :: reserved :: scenes :: seen :: shooting :: shy :: sick :: so :: tango :: the :: trusted :: ve :: very :: vulgar :: youSource: imdb.com
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I like getting up in front of an audience. It`s fun when you go to a baseball game and the crowd is cheering you. I can`t deny it. And it`s very funny, too. Sometimes you`re shy; you go somewhere and everyone`s looking at you, so you feel a little self-co...
Jon Lovitz
Keywords: an :: and :: at :: audience :: baseball :: can :: cheering :: conscious :: crowd :: deny :: everyone :: feel :: front :: fun :: funny :: game :: getting :: go :: in :: is :: it :: like :: little :: looking :: of :: re :: self :: shy :: so :: sometimes :: somewhere :: the :: to :: too :: up :: very :: when :: youSource: imdb.com
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I would sing behind closed doors growing up. Jessica was so good and it made me shy about my own voice. But, I don`t hide my singing - not anymore. I sing punk music actually. I love to run around and scream and rock out and play guitar.
Ashlee Simpson
Keywords: about :: actually :: and :: anymore :: around :: behind :: but :: closed :: don :: doors :: good :: growing :: guitar :: hide :: it :: jessica :: love :: made :: me :: music :: my :: not :: out :: own :: play :: punk :: rock :: run :: scream :: shy :: sing :: singing :: so :: to :: up :: voice :: was :: wouldSource: imdb.com
