I'm actually a very shy person, says Blake Lively

Blake Lively has admitted that she's actually a very shy person. Though she plays a poised, confident Upper East Sider on Gossip Girl, the actress said she has a hard time opening up to others."I'm actually a very shy person - that's a big secret, so don't tell," the New York Daily News quoted her as telling actor Ben Affleck in the September issue of Interview magazine. "But being in [acting] classes pushed me to break out of that a little bit. It's like nature versus nurture: I'm naturally very shy, but I was brought up in a way where I had to get up and get out of that," she added.