Camera Shyness Quotes

I always hated how I looked on camera. I never put a face to my music, which actually made the music that much more mysterious.

I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera's my worst enemy and my best friend. It's the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, 'You come alive as soon as the camera's on!'

I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn and I would skip class to shoot my scenes. It was terrifying and I entirely self-conscious in front of the camera.

I never had the desire to get in front of the camera. It never occurred to me! I always thought I'd be a theater actor.

When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.

I'm not crazy about having my picture taken. I'd rather talk my head off.

I don't like the camera. I get very self-conscious with it and then spend way too much time not looking self-conscious instead of being free, as I do on stage, to do my work.

Well, I mean, you have an emotion, you want to express it. You don't just look in the camera and do it. You want to hide from the embarrassment of your brother saying you're not allowed to come into my town.

I just stick my tongue out because I hate smiling in pictures. It's so awkward. It looks so cheesy.

I suffer from stage fright, so I blabber on stage and stop midway through my performances. I cannot even write a cheque, as it makes me nervous. Being around people makes me nervous. But I'm very comfortable in front of the camera, and this I realised many films later.

I have a pathological fear of getting my picture taken.

I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.

Not being well-versed in that arena myself, it's a little bit frightening because I'm not very good in those situations with lots of people and lots of famous people and cameras and all of that. It's not my specialty.

Some people are writers and don't ever want to be on camera, some people act and not write - I like writing words for myself to say.

It is never easy to face the camera, especially for the newcomers.

I've never really enjoyed being in front of the camera.

I avoided the spotlight when I was a kid. I always knew, 'Hey, it wasn't me. I didn't do anything.' If there was a camera around, I hid from it.

I've known Radhikaa akka for a long time, and have seen her perform like a pro in front of the camera. But, to work with her and mouth dialogues in her presence had me in jitters.

It took me a while to feel comfortable in front of the camera and so I just needed to do it a lot.

I wish I was always photogenic.

I hate crowds and making speeches. I hate facing cameras and having to answer to a crossfire of questions. Why popular fancy should seize upon me, a scientist, dealing in abstract things and happy if left alone, is a manifestation of mass psychology that is beyond me.

I'm bad in front of the camera. However, if someone gave me a small role in a film with two dialogues and one scene, I'd do it.

I do find it strange, doing magazine shoots. Photographers always go, 'Why don't you like to have your picture taken? That's what you do for a living anyway. Just pretend you're acting. It's the same thing!'

I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera.

I feel pretty comfortable in front of a camera.