Winona Ryder Quotes

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

I'm very shy. I wish more people believed me when I say that.

I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far too self-centered. When I stopped being prisoner to what I worried was others’ opinions of me, I became more confident and free.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

I was very much a late bloomer. That's not to say that girls didn't express interest in me from time to time, but I just, I did not know how to respond to that.

I'd been shy since childhood, constantly full of self-doubt. And as an actor, I'd been so scared of failing that I made my career - and myself - a big joke.

I am not as confident as the characters I play. I am a bit aloof. I am uncomfortable in social situations.

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I think I'm dull. I would rather watch other people.

I am a very open person, and I'm always nervous of being misconstrued. Sitting in the middle of a restaurant makes me nervous. I feel like I'm being judged. And it's funny that I should feel that way.

And anyway, modeling wasn't for me. I'm too short. I've got a big butt. It wasn't going to happen.

I felt like the big geek in high school. And I still feel like a big geek.

I really don't think I ever thought I could be a model. I was shorter than all of the models around and certainly rounder than anybody that I had ever seen in a magazine.

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more.

I was very shy. I'm still shy.

There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

I'm not the guy who bursts into the room. I'm the most insecure person you'll meet if you get to know me.

I'm outgoing when I have to be, but usually, I'm kinda shy. I always think people don't want to talk to me. Some people might take that as being stuck-up, but I'm just shy.

I was a shy, awkward sort of a boy and my father's frequent absences from home, along with my hero worship for him, made me even shyer.

When I was a kid, I didn't have any girlfriends. I was a very nerdy-type dude. Believe me, being a ham does not turn girls on.

Look, I know what it feels like to believe you're 'different' in a bad way.