Cressida Bonas Quotes

As a little girl, I was always shy, but in front of the camera I wasn't.

I am really a very shy person. If I appear, it is because of the music, not because I want to be seen.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.

I'm actually pretty shy in real life. But I guess in front of the camera, I focus.

When I was little, I was very loud and loved performing in front of people. I was fearless. When I hit puberty, I became very shy and self-conscious. I still get nervous sometimes before shooting and definitely before big auditions.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.

I was not happy with myself as a human being when I was very young - I was afraid of people; I was afraid of talking, I didn't know how to express myself other than by being on stage.

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

At my very core, I'm pretty shy. I just happen to have a weird job.

Now I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

I was always an exhibitionist. I liked it when everyone laughed. But I didn't do plays in high school. I was too nervous.

I don't consider myself to be incredibly confident, or really lacking in confidence. When you're on Jonathan Ross' or Graham Norton's show, inevitably there's something to sell. And there's a live audience; you're sat between Cameron Diaz and Tinie Tempah - I don't really see it as 'me.' It would be odd if it was.

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

I'm not sure I'd hire myself in anything. I certainly couldn't be an actor. That would be terrible. For everyone.

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I'm much less shy in conversation than I am on my own.

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

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well.

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom.

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.