“- Sue Bridehead: I am not afraid of any man.
- Jude Fawley: Why?
- Sue Bridehead: Because no man would touch a woman unless she gives him reason to. A touch or a look that say come on. If you never look, they'll never come. You are the timid sex.”
Kate Winslet - Sue Bridehead
Christopher Eccleston - Jude Fawley

“This is key to understand the myth of male shyness. For while you think he is flattering you, he is actually flattering himself. Showing how open and honest and sensitive he is.”
Ashley Judd - Jane Goodale

- Helen Sharp: You're a powerful sexual being, Ernest.
- Ernest Menville: I am?
- Helen Sharp: Yes, you are. If I never told you before, it was because I wasn't the sort of girl who could say the word "sexual" without blushing.
Goldie Hawn - Helen Sharp
Bruce Willis - Ernest Menville

“Truth is, all my life I've really always been very shy around people. I guess I try to make up for that by making as many friends as I could.”
Nick Nolte - Seymour Flint

“Kate... I know you think I'm an idiot but I'm not really like that. It's only when I'm around wom... around you. I'm sorry. Normally, I'm quite normal. But whenever I'm in the presence of a lady my fingers turn into thumbs, my brain switches off...”
Marius Weyers - Andrew Steyn