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I have to be a lot more calculating because I'm a very private person. I actually really struggle with the attention; I'm generally a pretty shy kind of a person. So it's tough figuring out how to manage it. But there are ways of managing it, and you just have to be smart.

— Emily Watson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I am a very private person. I still get shy at times.

— Amy Weber

I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.

— Farrah Fawcett

I've found the best way is to not be scared of the attention but to be grateful for it and open to it. It makes my days better rather than being annoyed that people want my attention.

— Brandon Routh

Although I am a public figure, I'm still a little shy. I don't think my own personality is important. I prefer to keep some small dosage of privacy.

— Joshua Lederberg

When I am out and about I feel watched. It's become second nature. The only time I get to be private is in my work. That is when I liberate the ego. The blessed-out sensation of liberating the ego.

— Thandie Newton

I'm very private in person. I'm very sensitive and shy with men individually. But when I'm talking, maybe there's this other channel or this other side and other way of working in my mind, and I convert and become carefree.

— Bai Ling

Even when the attention focused on me is positive, I am uncomfortable being looked at by a lot of people - it's just not my natural state of being.

— Susan Cain

Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you.

— Suzanne Somers

I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!

— Marisa Miller

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

— David Walliams