Self-Conscious Quotes

85 Self-Conscious quotes by 83 unique authors

I think there's something quite interesting about the almost tragic quality of a lot of overwrought prose, because it has a much more self-conscious awareness… — China Mieville
I was always a self-conscious person. — Elia Kazan
I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do. — Vincent Cassel
I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me. — Jonathan Ames
To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious. — Mark Batterson
A great deal of my battle, as an actor, is to whittle away the things that make me self-conscious and try to trick myself into… — Billy Campbell
I never studied directing and I never really thought about doing it, and then I just found myself in that situation and tried it. I… — Sofia Coppola
When I was very young, I used to share much of what I wrote with my family, but as I got older and more self-conscious,… — Anita Desai
I think if you spend much time dwelling on influence you can get self-conscious about every line you write. That's a great way to freeze… — Ben Fountain
I work in a medium where I get to be totally invisible and I get great pleasure from that, being a pretty self-conscious person. — Terry Gross
As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not… — Freddie Highmore
When I write, I wear earplugs. I don't want to be self-conscious. I don't want to be thinking about the fact that I'm thinking about… — Miranda July
I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off… — Charles Kimbrough
Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it's just you,… — Marketa Irglova
I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so… — Frank Gehry
I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure. — Richard Gere
For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality,… — David Cronenberg
I'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious. — Benedict Cumberbatch
You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy. — Bobby Darin
I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me. — Jesse Eisenberg
I've never had tastes of people my own age. All of my friends when I was 15 were in their 40s. I'm not actually mature,… — Jesse Eisenberg
It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the… — Henry James
I'm one of the world's most self-conscious people. I really have to struggle. — Marilyn Monroe
Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious. — Mandy Moore
Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing… — Dylan Moran

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