Shyness quotes

“Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.”
Rhys Ifans

“I've got a slight weight problem. Yeah, yeah I do. Yeah, I do. I went to this doctor. Well, he told me I swallow a lot of aggression... along with a lot of pizzas! Ha Ha Ha! Pizzas! I'm basically a shy person, I'm a shy guy. Uh, he suggested taking one these uh, aggression training courses. You know these aggression training courses like EST,...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Candy - Ox

“We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote. ”
Mel Brooks

“The quiet ones are always the freaks.”
Conchata Ferrell - Berta

“Shy in the streets, sexy in the sheets.”
Sasha Pieterse - Alison DiLaurentis

“I’ve always felt a little different than everyone else, so I did what any outsider would do. Made weird art.”
Abbi Jacobson - Katie Mitchell

“I never fit in for lots of reasons, but movies were always there for me.”
Abbi Jacobson - Katie Mitchell

“It is always the quiet ones you have to look out for.”
Josie Totah - CJ

“- Maura: Hi.
- James: Hi.
- Maura: I'm Maura.
- James: I'm James.
- Maura: I just wanted to say hi. So that's done.”
Amy Poehler - Maura Ellis
Tina Fey - Kate Ellis

“If only I could meet someone new. I guess my chances of that happening are somewhat diminished, seeing that I'm incapable of making eye contact with a woman.”
Jim Carrey - Joel Barish

“I think we make a real sharp couple of coconuts: I'm dumb, you're shy, whaddaya think, huh?”
Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa

“- Momma: Who the hell are you?
- Larry: I'm Owen's friend.
- Momma: Owen doesn't have a friend!
- Larry: That's because he's shy.
- Momma: No he's not. He's fat and he's stupid!”
Anne Ramsey - Momma
Billy Crystal - Larry

“- Kaulder: Fear potion. Now, what in the world would you be afraid of?
- Chloe: Public speaking.”

Vin Diesel - Kaulder
Rose Leslie - Chloe

“Being shy basically means being self-absorbed to the extent that it makes it difficult to be around other people.”
Jason Segel - David Foster Wallace

“- Haley: What's his problem?
- Corey Woods: Jimmy's just shy.
- Haley: Shy a few bricks I'd say.
- Corey Woods: No he's okay. He just kicked ass on Double Dragon.”
Jenny Lewis - Haley
Fred Savage - Corey Woods

“Alexander, you're so shy that people just forget. Listen, you've got to come out of your shell or you'll be leading that singing group in Washington Square for the rest of your life and everything else will just pass you by.”
Altovise Davis - Alicia Edwards

- Helen Sharp: You're a powerful sexual being, Ernest.
- Ernest Menville: I am?
- Helen Sharp: Yes, you are. If I never told you before, it was because I wasn't the sort of girl who could say the word "sexual" without blushing.
Goldie Hawn - Helen Sharp
Bruce Willis - Ernest Menville

“Do you mind?... I'm a bit shy.”

Chuck Norris - Col. James Braddock

“I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.”
Chris Lloyd

“- Sue Bridehead: I am not afraid of any man.
- Jude Fawley: Why?
- Sue Bridehead: Because no man would touch a woman unless she gives him reason to. A touch or a look that say come on. If you never look, they'll never come. You are the timid sex.”
Kate Winslet - Sue Bridehead
Christopher Eccleston - Jude Fawley

“I could never sing in front of an audience. I don't even let my mom hear me in the shower.”
Hilary Duff - Lizzie McGuire

“You want me here for sex, don't you. I never really did it before, I was always too shy. But I've decided I'd really like to do it with you.”

John Amplas - Martin

“- Mom: Honey, I want you to make some friends this summer, lots of them.
- Scotty Smalls: Yeah, I know. But I'm not good at anything, mom. Face it, I'm just an egghead.”
Karen Allen - Mom
Tom Guiry - Scotty Smalls

“- May-Alice Culhane: His wife's not worried.
- Chantelle: Should she be?
- May-Alice Culhane: Why worry about some cripple who's got a freezer compartment for a pussy.
- Chantelle: Don't be like that.”
Mary McDonnell - May-Alice Culhane
Alfre Woodard - Chantelle

“You're not shy. You're a lawyer.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Lee Holloway