Shonda Rhimes Quotes

Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.

At one point in college I was so shy that I'd drop out of a class if asked to speak in front of other people.

Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.

I did the 'Tonight Show' once, and I choked up. I get intimidated.

Touring is just not normal for me. My personality is to never ever talk to people if I can help it.

I'm pretty shy. I'm so bad at public speaking. I can answer questions in front of a crowd, that seems to be fine, but standing up there by myself and delivering some kind of speech, I'm the worst. I hate it.

I have a tendency to check out when the stakes are too high in a movie.

In school, I would run away whenever there was trouble, as I would get bullied a lot.

I almost never give interviews. It's not because I want to play hard to get. It's just that I never seem to have anything interesting to say.

When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game.

I'm not good at interacting with people and am terrified to get onstage, so I just go up there, freak out and, most of the time, pack up and go home immediately after.

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 was on stage and I was like I will pay someone to do my time, not only will I expect NOT to be paid, but I will pay someone if I can run off stage right now. It was so bad.

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver.

I've learned to hate it when the cameras are pointed at me.

I don't like people looking at me; I hate the attention.

I might just stop talking again and not do interviews.

When you're walking at the airport, you're expected to smile at people because they know you... I find that tough. I'm only trying to protect myself. So I don't take my eyes off the floor. People can take that as attitude. But it's actually shyness. Yes, it is a bad habit. But it's a defense mechanism.

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

I've never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

I didn't really like being on television at all.

Pressure makes people react in different ways. Some people plunge in, and others take the way out.