Matt Dillon Quotes

I guess I am actually quite shy, and I've always felt very self-conscious during interviews.

There are days where I can go into a room full of people, talk to every single person, and feel completely at ease, and feel like making every single person laugh, and feel like everyone's having a great time. There are other times where I go into a room of people, and I literally want to run and hide.

I am shy. People misconstrue it as arrogance.

Some introverts are perfectly comfortable with public speaking; I'm not one of them.

I get butterflies before I go out to say hello at a party.

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

Certainly, people feel awkward when they have their photograph taken. They want to see it, but they don't want to see it.

The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I couldn't open my mouth. At a party, I was the one stuck up against the wall. I was embarrassed about talking. I felt that I couldn't talk well.

I'm a bad interview because I want to always feel like I'm being totally honest, but at the same time, I'm absolutely paranoid. That combination results in a lot of spaces.

I tend to be sort of quiet and shy and awkward in social situations.

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.

When I was a kid, and for many years after, I was your classic afraid-to-dance-type person.

It's hard for me to grasp the concept of somebody being nervous when I'm talking to them.

I'm awkward around girls.

I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox.

I wouldn't call myself a dancer. I would never even dance in a club - I can't move my feet! I'm terribly shy about moving. I feel comfortable in my body, but dancing is like learning another language.

When the attention is on me, off-camera, I get uncomfortable - sort of shy and at a loss for words, as you can probably tell?

I hardly ever go to parties. If I really have to, I'll go, but I'm not the most open person, which is sometimes not the best quality.

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

I still get a little nervous when talking to girls. Which is awful, and embarrassing, because I feel like I shouldn't.

I can be shy when I talk to women. I'm a shy dude.

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.

I feel shy when people are fussing on me.

Every actor-performer says this, and it sounds so irritating, but I'm not the most outgoing person.