Chelsea Cain Quotes

I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

I get very uncomfortable with people watching me.

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 was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.

I never really wanted to be a singer, because I was a super-shy kid. Singing made me feel awkward, and I was really insecure.

I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be awful. I'm a pretty shy person, really.

It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the gaps in your grin when your baby teeth fall out. If they knew how it felt—really being shy, not just unsure at first—they wouldn’t smile. Not if they knew how the feeling knots up your stomach or makes your palms sweat or robs you of the ability to say anything that makes sense. It’s not cute at all.

Let's say that, in reality, I'm basically very shy when it comes to men.

I'm super shy, especially at parties.

I'm painfully shy.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness.

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

Strangers still leave me self-conscious.

I'm always shy and timid when I write in front of people.

I was shy. I was more than shy.

I have a fear of being boring.

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

I was painfully shy as a child.

I'm terribly, horribly shy.

I was the kind of kid, I'd sit in the back row of the class with my head practically under the desk. I was incredibly afraid of people and very shy.

In high school, I was scared to dance.

My problem on 'Safe' was that when I liked something, I would giggle.

I was a shy child. I had anxiety. I used to cry when I had to give a presentation.

I am very shy. It's the most stressful thing to be in the public eye.