Forward Quote by Joan Rivers

It's so scary to go on stage. I used to throw up before I went on stage, every time.

— Joel Kinnaman

It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.

— Paul Lynde

Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.

— Sara Blakely

I fell off stage and bruised some ribs. The worst part was that the audience didn't realize I was gone.

— Richard Marx

I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.

— David Byrne

The first time that I appeared on stage, it scared me to death. I really didn't know what all the yelling was about. I…

— Elvis Presley

I tell people that anything that could ever happen to you on stage has happened to me. My clothes have fallen off. I've fallen…

— Melissa Etheridge

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

Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did.

— Spike Lee

I used to get so carried away while I was on stage that I'd be physically damaged by the end of a concert.

— Joe Cocker

Stage fright is my worst problem.

— Andrea Bocelli

There was a while when I got really bad stage fright and I basically felt...I was incredibly angry. I felt like everything had been…

— Jenny Slate