I noticed it early on because I have the same issue. If you watch, you can see him kind of look off a bit, slow inhale and such. It's kind of a "coping" mechanism to gather yourself. And then the question came about the INT and the top blew up. I loved seeing it. Others used to say the same thing about me that I was generally shy until someone asked me about my girls, then I lit up like a lighthouse beacon.
There was a story few years back about him wearing sunglasses all the time and it was because it made him feel more safe. He didn't use that word, I just cannot recall verbatim what he said, but that was the jist.
Michael Jackson was someone who could rock out on the stage, but once off stage was very shy. I think I've actually heard that about quite a few performers. It's just all about being in your element. Eminem is another one. It's what helped spark the Slim Shady persona.
Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool
Thank you for the information, and I thought he was just trying to calm his adrenaline down from the game with those coping mechanisms, I noticed them here but interpreted them differently. But sounds like you are watching interviews a lot closer than I have and it makes sense.
One of my best professors, seemed absolutely brilliant and kind, but when I met with him for one on one in his office, he couldn't look at me while talking to me, which kinda freaked me out at first (I mean, I know I'm ugly, but didn't realize I was that ugly) but some other students (even some of the young pretty ones) said that happened to them as well, so it was everyone. In the classroom he was amazing, but one on one (still amazing) but awkward.
Also, I don't know how to describe it, but one of the things that impressed me the most was his test....
He found ways to throw information at you, in a way we have never seen before... which ACTUALLY tested if you ACTUALLY knew the information (test taking skills really couldn't help you) and the test was relatively easy to complete if you ACTUALLY knew it.
But he found a way to make very simple tests (no long writing or paragraph part, nor complicated readings) that were still extremely telling if a person knows what is going on or not. I haven't seen anything else like that... usually it's simple and doesn't test you as well as they could, or complex with a ton of writing or reading. He found the perfect solution to make it simple but really test you... which means the test were very hard, but fair