Always Quote by Diane Lane

I lived to be on stage, and I'm terrified. Terrified before every show.

— Joan Rivers

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

— Alan Arkin

Oddly enough, I have really bad stage fright - getting up in front of people. And I made a living going on live television.

— Bill Hader

When school friends would think about appearing on stage as the most frightening, the most awful, intimidating experience ever, I knew that it was…

— Hugh Laurie

I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.

— Adam Sandler

I grew up on the side of the stage. I never had a fear of an audience. I never felt like they were separated…

— Carlene Carter

I can never remember being afraid of an audience. If the audience could do better, they'd be up here on stage and I'd be…

— Ethel Merman

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

— Ethel Merman

Not my biggest fear, but my biggest problem onstage is over-emphasizing what I do. I'm pushing too hard. You need to engage an audience.…

— Nick Cave

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.

— Sean Penn

I can go in front of thousands of people on stage and not be afraid, but when there's just a few people, that scares…

— Engelbert Humperdinck

Every night when I go out on stage, there's always one nagging fear in the back of my mind. I'm always afraid that somewhere…

— Don Rickles