"I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality"
About this Quote
The second sentence quietly reveals the engine behind the punchline. "I'm so nervous about my sexuality" frames sex not as liberated play but as performance anxiety, the stage fright that comes from being watched - by partners, by the mirror, by the culture. The subtext is less about technique and more about surveillance: how female sexuality is policed, rated, and made into a public referendum, especially for actresses whose bodies are treated as part of their job description.
Context matters: Faris built a career on characters who weaponize awkwardness (Scary Movie, The House Bunny) and later voiced a more candid, intimate persona in interviews and her podcast. The intent here is to puncture the glossy myth of the confident sex goddess and replace it with something messier and more honest. It works because it’s both an admission and a shield: humor as a way to talk about shame without surrendering to it, and vulnerability that keeps control by choosing the terms of disclosure.
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| Topic | Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Faris, Anna. (2026, January 17). I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-a-very-good-lover-im-so-nervous-about-my-41075/
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Faris, Anna. "I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-a-very-good-lover-im-so-nervous-about-my-41075/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I'm not a very good lover. I'm so nervous about my sexuality." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/im-not-a-very-good-lover-im-so-nervous-about-my-41075/. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.







