I can get awkward. I am not the best person to break the ice.
Just be funny. Funny always goes over well, so try to think of something funny to break the ice rather than being weird or using pickup lines.
Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
I have found over the years that the most important way of getting people to relax is self-deprecating humor.
I've never been speed dating! I sort of wish I had, just for the experience of it.
People are much more loose if you are having fun. I had a basketball player who was really soft-spoken, and then we played Connect Four with him, and he really opened up!
And when I'm introduced to one I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!
Banter is a great way of breaking the ice.
John Goodman has such a good way of breaking the ice. He's so good at being himself. A lot of people aren't really good at that. He knows that he's a legend. He knows that he's one of the greatest.
What self-respecting teenage kid growing up in the U.S. hasn't played Truth or Dare? Before cell phones, we kids spent a lot of time in the same place and actually had to come up with our own entertainment. Truth or Dare was the game of choice to break the ice between the boys and the girls.
Don't use a pick-up line.
Always come to a conversation armed with two drinks. Then if it's dire you can pretend you were on the way to find someone else. And if it's interesting, you can stay and down both glasses without moving.
The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.
We usually have a rookie show when camp is almost over. It's a chance to get to know the rookies and to have fun and set the pace for the season.
Andy was an offbeat personality, shy and insecure. The whole reason for taking a camera with him wherever he went was because he was so shy. He'd break the ice by taking pictures.
It was sort of good it happened because it broke the ice with everyone.
A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.
I'd buy joke books and try doing them at school; I always had jokes. That would be my go-to thing at parties: I'd be able to get through them if I just told enough jokes. Otherwise, I wouldn't end up talking to anybody.
During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares.
Little cute thing said, what's yo' name? I put my necklace in her face and told her read the chain.
Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.
I thought magic tricks would be a really good way to start conversations. I looked them up on YouTube and slowly mastered them.
I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.
Working with new people can be really hard and nerve-wracking. When you don't know the person, it's like being on a blind date.
I am a fun guy with my friends. I take some time to warm up to a new person.
