Audience Quote by Holly Hunter

The stage always terrified me. The live audience is just one thing I bewilderingly look back on and say, 'How did I ever participate…

— Diane Lane

Going out on a stage publicly and not knowing how people are going to react to you - once I experienced that, it made…

— Joaquin Phoenix

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

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

— Colbie Caillat

Onstage, it was always comfortable for me, because that's where I felt at home. Offstage, it was a different situation. I was still shy…

— Elton John

I had been doing theater since I was a kid, so the stage really felt like home to me. It felt like the place…

— Ari Graynor

It's interesting - years ago, I had such bad stage fright during musical theater auditions that I just gave up. And now I'm on…

— Tom Lenk

I liked being on stage, I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

— Patti Smith

I've always been somewhat uncomfortable on the stage, and I've always felt like physically having to negotiate my own presence as a part of…

— Anohni

I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other people's clothes…

— Helena Bonham Carter

I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict…

— Steven Wright

I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.

— Jeffrey Wright