Mary Crosby Quotes

I didn't know who was on the team, but I saw every eye as I walked down the aisle. It looked like a thousand eyes were staring right at me saying, 'Who is this young punk?' I just kept my eyes straight ahead.

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!

I'm worried because of my mother, she's going to see my performance and she's quite hard. She's going to see me naked. And my Dad, woah. Yeah, they're going to see me like a woman, you know?

I'm too shy to do kissing scenes.

Oh, I'm not a very good singer, and that's 'cause I was always embarrassed about my singing.

Shyness is a curious thing, because, like quicksand, it can strike people at any time, and also, like quicksand, it usually makes its victims look down.

I think we all fear appearing foolish in public. We don't want to be laughed at.

I was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place.

I am not comfortable telling people I am trying stand-up because to me that implies confidence. I'm - well, I'm not.

I really like singing, although I'm embarrassed about doing it.

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

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

I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.

I can't watch myself in interviews. I feel like I look like a wreck. My mom is always calling me and going, 'Stop fidgeting,' and it's like, 'You have no idea what it's like, Mom.'

For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.

Men think they already know me. But as they get closer and closer, they become that 14-year-old again. A lot of men do stammer and blush a little bit.

Did I feel naked being naked? Yeah. Totally.

I was just terrified in front of the camera. I couldn't even say my own name. I walked out of a handful of auditions. I mean, ran out in cold sweats. I was just so nervous and insecure.

When I first met Alan, I was absolutely terrified. I was 19, he was Alan Rickman, and he's got that voice, and I remember meeting him in the hair and make-up trailer and thinking, 'I'm going to die. He thinks I'm rubbish. Why am I here?'

I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure.

The first time I was ever on stage, I was naked at 17. It was very cold!

In high school, I was scared to dance.

I hate being up onstage with a microphone.

I was just painfully shy. I couldn't talk to anyone. Going up in front of class, I would have to mentally prepare myself to raise my hand.