“I was very shy as a kid but when I found out I could perform and have people's attention everything changed for me. My mom likes to joke that until I was eight or nine I only knew what my sneakers looked like because I constantly walked around with my head down. But all of a sudden the stage made sense and that's what brought me out of my shell and a monster was created.” PeopleMadeKidsFoundAttentionStageChangedMomJokesMy MomEightMonstersNineLikesShyShellsSneakers Author:Justin Timberlake
“I was always really shy. That's why being in front of cameras like this is uncomfortable. I found that when I was a kid, I would hide behind playing pretend. That's when I would come out of my shell. I would dress up as an old man or something and go out onto the street with my mom. I would come out of my shell that way. So I ended up stumbling into acting. It was the one thing that I found a passion for.” MenWayKidsPassionFoundActingBehindsOne ThingStreetsFrontsMomCamerasDressesMy MomUncomfortableShyOld ManShellsStumbling Author:Austin Butler
“My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality.” BigsGrowing UpGrowingMomPersonalityMy MomShyShyness Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“Basically what my mom told me - I was extremely shy, I didn't have any girlfriends 'til I was 21 - my mom would see me suffering and tell me, "Just focus on your school, study very hard, and some day you will be successful and you can use all the resources that you have to a dating advantage." Ultimately, I took that advice and turned it into dating sites.” SchoolSufferingStudySuccessfulFocusAdviceMomDatingMy MomGirlfriendBeing SuccessfulShy Author:Brandon Wade