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Lorde - The 'Royals' singer admitted to The West Australian that her stage fright can be so severe that she gets sick. "I, like, totally threw up before my show last night. I am reduced by nerves. I can be completely crushed by feelings of all kinds [...] I get nervous, I get freaked out, I get, you know, the usual stuff."
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Lorde
- So, how does she do it? "[I] just try and tell myself that 'You'll be in your zone. The lights will be on and ... people will be cheering and, you know, it'll be okay,'" she said.
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Emma Watson
- Before her now-famous speech about feminism at the United Nations, Watson told Elle UK that she was super nervous. "It wasn't an easy thing for me to do," she said. "It felt like: 'Am I going to have lunch with these people, or am I going to be eaten?'"
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Emma Watson - She also told Entertainment Weekly that following the Harry Potter movies, "I kind of bought into the hype of, 'Will they ever be able to play anything else?' It gave me a sense of paralysis and stage fright for a while."
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Adele
- Adele has been very open about her stage fright, telling Rolling Stone outright: "I'm scared of audiences." She also admitted, "One show in Amsterdam, I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile vomited on someone."
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Adele
- She added, "My nerves don't really settle until I'm offstage." But she shared she once was having an anxiety attack because she was about to meet Beyoncé but then Queen Bey walked in and told her, "When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God." That'll cure anyone's nerves!
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Beyoncé
- It's hard to imagine Sasha Fierce having stage fright, but she's had several nervous moments regarding her fans' reactions, such as before releasing her 2013 self-titled album and the documentary 'Life Is But A Dream.'
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Beyoncé - One of her worst experiences with fear, however, was before her 2004 Grammy performance with Prince, as she told Giant Magazine, "I was so scared and in my shell during rehearsals" that Prince actually had to tell her to "belt it out."
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Harry Styles
- The One Directioner may seem extremely comfortable in the spotlight now, but he used to battle stage fright with each performance.
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Harry Styles - According to HollywoodLife, 1D co-member Liam Payne once said Styles gets "quite scared," and added, "He went through a period of throwing up before he went on stage. I think he's over it now, though."
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Barbra Streisand - After panicking during a 1967 performance and forgetting the words, Streisand avoided live performances for decades, according to ABC News. "I couldn't come out of it ... I was like, 'God, I don't know. What if I forget the words again?'"
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Barbra Streisand - Streisand reportedly started taking anti-anxiety medication before a performance, and she makes good use of a teleprompter too.
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Rihanna
- Before performing, Rihanna usually sucks on lozenges and steams her vocal chords—all normal singer stuff there. But then she takes a drink: liquor mixed with soda water or orange juice.
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Rihanna - "I have to have it. I take [performing] very seriously, so there is a level of anxiety, always," she told Esquire in 2011. "The drink calms my nerves. I sip it while I watch the opening act from my dressing room."
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Jennifer Lawrence - Talking about her anxiety, J-Law told the New York Times, "I have a prescription. I find a certain peace by thinking of 'me in public' as sort of an avatar self. You out there can have the avatar me. I can keep me. And I just try to acknowledge that this scrutiny is stressful, and that anyone would find it stressful."
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Jennifer Lawrence - Unfortunately, she doesn't think it's ever going to be easier. She told E! News, "I never feel like, 'I've got this.' I'm always very nervous and aware of how quickly people can hate you and that scares me."
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Andrea Bocelli
- The famous opera singer admitted, "Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations."
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Andrea Bocelli - He said it doesn't get much easier either, as the more famous you get, the more people come to expect something extraordinary. But, in a 2002 interview, he said, "I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine … The only way is to go on stage and to hope."
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Emma Roberts - Back when she was at Nickelodeon, she told MTV, "I'll be honest: I have a bit of stage fright," adding that having all eyes on her is nerve-wracking.
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Emma Roberts - Years later, the actress admitted that she still has some stage fright in front of big audiences. She told the LA Times, "I have stage fright. I can't ever do theater because I would pee my pants," adding that that's why she likes being on movie sets where you can mess up.
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Hayden Panettiere
- Playing a singer on 'Nashville'' helped the actress overcome her stage fright. She once said, "The show, I feel like, is an amazing second step for me because I love music and I've always had such terrible stage fright."
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Hayden Panettiere - She also credited having an alter ego for her success, mentioning Beyoncé's technique and adding, "It's one thing when you put yourself out there (as a solo artist), it's another thing when you're playing a character."
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Rod Stewart
- In a 1968 performance, the English rocker was reportedly so nervous that he had to stand behind a stack of loudspeakers during one song.
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Rod Stewart
- But Stewart told CNN, "I got over it eventually. When you know people love you in the audience, it makes it easier."
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Katy Perry
- In 2010, the singer got emotional during a performance of 'Firework' at the Radio 1 Teen Awards in London, which was reportedly due to her stage fright.
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Katy Perry - She told Elle Canada, "I still feel nervous performing to crowds. It's not that I don't feel ready, but I worry that they'll rush the stage as they're all screaming my name or I feel like a wanna yack!"
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Carly Simon
- The singer struggled so severely with stage fright that, in 1981, she reportedly passed out while performing—and that wasn't the first time either.
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Carly Simon
- In the 1960s, Simon also fainted after seeing legendary folk singer Odetta in the audience. "The moment I saw her, I fainted head-on into a table of businessmen eating pasta," she told the New York Times.
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Donny Osmond
- For this Osmond, the key to handling stage fright has been to lower his own expectations. "I know when I walk out there, I'm not going to give the best performance," he said in an interview with CBS News. "I'll make a mistake. I'll trip. I'll do something stupid. But it's OK; you pick up and just move on." See also: Celebs raising awareness about mental health.
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Lorde - The 'Royals' singer admitted to The West Australian that her stage fright can be so severe that she gets sick. "I, like, totally threw up before my show last night. I am reduced by nerves. I can be completely crushed by feelings of all kinds [...] I get nervous, I get freaked out, I get, you know, the usual stuff."
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Lorde
- So, how does she do it? "[I] just try and tell myself that 'You'll be in your zone. The lights will be on and ... people will be cheering and, you know, it'll be okay,'" she said.
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Emma Watson
- Before her now-famous speech about feminism at the United Nations, Watson told Elle UK that she was super nervous. "It wasn't an easy thing for me to do," she said. "It felt like: 'Am I going to have lunch with these people, or am I going to be eaten?'"
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Emma Watson - She also told Entertainment Weekly that following the Harry Potter movies, "I kind of bought into the hype of, 'Will they ever be able to play anything else?' It gave me a sense of paralysis and stage fright for a while."
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Adele
- Adele has been very open about her stage fright, telling Rolling Stone outright: "I'm scared of audiences." She also admitted, "One show in Amsterdam, I was so nervous I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of times. Once in Brussels, I projectile vomited on someone."
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Adele
- She added, "My nerves don't really settle until I'm offstage." But she shared she once was having an anxiety attack because she was about to meet Beyoncé but then Queen Bey walked in and told her, "When I listen to you I feel like I'm listening to God." That'll cure anyone's nerves!
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Beyoncé
- It's hard to imagine Sasha Fierce having stage fright, but she's had several nervous moments regarding her fans' reactions, such as before releasing her 2013 self-titled album and the documentary 'Life Is But A Dream.'
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Beyoncé - One of her worst experiences with fear, however, was before her 2004 Grammy performance with Prince, as she told Giant Magazine, "I was so scared and in my shell during rehearsals" that Prince actually had to tell her to "belt it out."
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Harry Styles
- The One Directioner may seem extremely comfortable in the spotlight now, but he used to battle stage fright with each performance.
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Harry Styles - According to HollywoodLife, 1D co-member Liam Payne once said Styles gets "quite scared," and added, "He went through a period of throwing up before he went on stage. I think he's over it now, though."
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Barbra Streisand - After panicking during a 1967 performance and forgetting the words, Streisand avoided live performances for decades, according to ABC News. "I couldn't come out of it ... I was like, 'God, I don't know. What if I forget the words again?'"
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Barbra Streisand - Streisand reportedly started taking anti-anxiety medication before a performance, and she makes good use of a teleprompter too.
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Rihanna
- Before performing, Rihanna usually sucks on lozenges and steams her vocal chords—all normal singer stuff there. But then she takes a drink: liquor mixed with soda water or orange juice.
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Rihanna - "I have to have it. I take [performing] very seriously, so there is a level of anxiety, always," she told Esquire in 2011. "The drink calms my nerves. I sip it while I watch the opening act from my dressing room."
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Jennifer Lawrence - Talking about her anxiety, J-Law told the New York Times, "I have a prescription. I find a certain peace by thinking of 'me in public' as sort of an avatar self. You out there can have the avatar me. I can keep me. And I just try to acknowledge that this scrutiny is stressful, and that anyone would find it stressful."
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Jennifer Lawrence - Unfortunately, she doesn't think it's ever going to be easier. She told E! News, "I never feel like, 'I've got this.' I'm always very nervous and aware of how quickly people can hate you and that scares me."
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Andrea Bocelli
- The famous opera singer admitted, "Stage fright is my worst problem. A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations."
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Andrea Bocelli - He said it doesn't get much easier either, as the more famous you get, the more people come to expect something extraordinary. But, in a 2002 interview, he said, "I think I don't want to use drugs or medicine … The only way is to go on stage and to hope."
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Emma Roberts - Back when she was at Nickelodeon, she told MTV, "I'll be honest: I have a bit of stage fright," adding that having all eyes on her is nerve-wracking.
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Emma Roberts - Years later, the actress admitted that she still has some stage fright in front of big audiences. She told the LA Times, "I have stage fright. I can't ever do theater because I would pee my pants," adding that that's why she likes being on movie sets where you can mess up.
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Hayden Panettiere
- Playing a singer on 'Nashville'' helped the actress overcome her stage fright. She once said, "The show, I feel like, is an amazing second step for me because I love music and I've always had such terrible stage fright."
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Hayden Panettiere - She also credited having an alter ego for her success, mentioning Beyoncé's technique and adding, "It's one thing when you put yourself out there (as a solo artist), it's another thing when you're playing a character."
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Rod Stewart
- In a 1968 performance, the English rocker was reportedly so nervous that he had to stand behind a stack of loudspeakers during one song.
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Rod Stewart
- But Stewart told CNN, "I got over it eventually. When you know people love you in the audience, it makes it easier."
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Katy Perry
- In 2010, the singer got emotional during a performance of 'Firework' at the Radio 1 Teen Awards in London, which was reportedly due to her stage fright.
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Katy Perry - She told Elle Canada, "I still feel nervous performing to crowds. It's not that I don't feel ready, but I worry that they'll rush the stage as they're all screaming my name or I feel like a wanna yack!"
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Carly Simon
- The singer struggled so severely with stage fright that, in 1981, she reportedly passed out while performing—and that wasn't the first time either.
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Carly Simon
- In the 1960s, Simon also fainted after seeing legendary folk singer Odetta in the audience. "The moment I saw her, I fainted head-on into a table of businessmen eating pasta," she told the New York Times.
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Donny Osmond
- For this Osmond, the key to handling stage fright has been to lower his own expectations. "I know when I walk out there, I'm not going to give the best performance," he said in an interview with CBS News. "I'll make a mistake. I'll trip. I'll do something stupid. But it's OK; you pick up and just move on." See also: Celebs raising awareness about mental health.
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Even A-listers get nervous: surprising celebrities with stage fright
Discover the unlikely stars who are shy of the spotlight
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It may seem contradictory, but many people who made it under the brightest spotlight in the world are actually quite scared of it!
Just like any of us when we have to give presentations or do public speaking, celebrities can struggle with performance anxiety and stage fright. It's a very real form of social anxiety that has various forms of treatment, though many stars have come up with their own unique ways of dealing with that tumultuous gut feeling before stepping out in front of thousands of scrutinizing eyes.
Click through to see which surprising stars struggle with stage fright, and what they've done to combat it.
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