I wanted a pseudonym partly because I’m quite shy and private. I know that sounds ludicrous, but if I should be lucky enough to make a hit, I wanted to be able to shrug off the mantel of Nick Harkaway when I got home. – Nick Harkaway
I was shy. Bookish. The kind of 13-year-old girl who, instead of having a boyfriend, would have a crush on a dead, 19th-century author! – Natalie Merchant
My first serious project was photographing badgers – very, very difficult as they are shy and nocturnal. – Nigel Dennis
I’m always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn’t be able to say anything rather than, ‘How do you do? Love you! Bye!’ – Jacki Weaver
Even now I can’t stand being recognized in the street. I just hate it when strangers come up and try to talk to me. I’m pathologically shy. – Jimmy Nail
In general, the auditions I go up for are very sparse, I guess because of my ethnicity. And the characters are very similar: shy, innocent and naive; the connotations that come from the way that I look. – Katie Leung
The company accountant is shy and retiring. He’s shy a quarter of a million dollars. That’s why he’s retiring. – Milton Berle
I’m not shy about wearing a lot of makeup! But when I don’t have to be done up, I just use a bit of concealer and maybe some lip balm. – Khloe Kardashian
We writers are shy, nocturnal creatures. Push us into the light and the light blinds us. – John Banville
I’m hideously shy as myself, but on stage I can run around naked and bite the heads off fish. – Laurie Metcalf
It’s not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I’m tough to crack because I’m shy. – Kristin Kreuk
The only thing I can do is act, but it’s not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I’m a shy person, even if I don’t look it. – Javier Bardem
I’ve never had a desire to be famous. Lots of actors are actually extremely shy. I have shy areas. – Jeremy Northam
I’m a relatively shy person, but I love being challenged and putting myself in positions that are scary. – Kim Gordon
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, which people don’t seem to be shy about expressing. – Jamie Moyer
Our audience is really upbeat. Likes to have a good time. They’re not introverted or shy. – Jerry Jeff Walker
When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years. – Kimberly Willis Holt
It’s true, I used to be so shy. I used to never talk, just sit back and do my thing. I was never bullied, though, and it was never like it was something that needed to be ‘fixed’, like being shy is a bad thing. – Kendall Jenner
There’s a lot of annoying things about me. I don’t know, I’m really shy at first, and I don’t really like it. I wish I was a little more outgoing. – Kendall Jenner
I don’t shy from controversy. I’m telling stories, and I’ll tell whatever story seems like it wants to be told. – Lauren Myracle
I didn’t set out to be at the top of technology companies. I’m just geeky and shy, and I like to code. – Marissa Mayer
I’m kind of shy, to be honest. If I go to the pool or something, I keep my shirt on unless I’m getting in the water. – Larry Fitzgerald
I was very shy and I was very introverted as a kid, but whenever I set foot on stage, I kind of opened up, and I think a lot of kids need an outlet to express their creativity. And a lot of kids are scared to do that if there’s not a safe environment for that. – Jeremy Jordan