Daniel Day-Lewis Quotes

I get panic attacks in big crowds.

Certain things make me anxious. God forbid I get stuck in an elevator.

I don't know if it's irrational, and I would never say this before, but I think I'm a little bit agoraphobic when I'm in huge crowds of people. I mean, it's claustrophobic, probably - small spaces and large groups of people, anxiety rises for me.

I don't have any phobias per se, but both tight and vast spaces tend to make me nervous after a prolonged time.

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.

I'm very claustrophobic.

Travelling fills me with dread.

I used to get a sort of sociophobia, and I still get it sometimes these days when I'm in a confined space with too many people. It's not like I freak out or anything, it's just that I'm far more comfortable in my own company sometimes than being surrounded by one thousand strangers.

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

I may be developing aerophobia as I get older, or maybe I'm just becoming middle aged, because I find flying an increasingly unpleasant way of travelling. I would much rather drive than fly.

I have a lot of tics and phobias. I hate to travel. I hate to go to festivals. I hate it when somebody gets close behind me. I'm scared of the darkness. I hate open doors.

I get very anxious and am scared in crowds and things like that.

Sometimes when I'm going to the supermarket to get the coffee and cat litter, I get freaked out and see all these people staring, and you turn around and there's, like, 40 people all looking at you... and when you go around the corner, they're all following you! You start freaking out like a trapped animal.

I just always had this feeling inside me of always being nervous and afraid of situations.

Well, unless you've suffered from panic attacks and social anxiety disorders, which is what I was diagnosed as having, it's hard to explain it. But you go on stage knowing you're actually physically going to die. You will keel over and die.

I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.

There's no way to eloquently put this. I just can't go to the mall. It bothers me that I can't be outside very often. And also to not ever be just 'some girl' again. Just being some chick at some place, that's gone.

I have a horror of being in confined spaces.

My phobias worsen as I get older. I'm scared of flying, driving. I'm terrified of sharks. I'm a germaphobe. But I try to face my fears; I do. Well, most of them.

I start sweating and shaking and having panic attacks if I am not at home.

For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I'd get self-conscious.

I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety.

I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

I have a lot of fears that normal people have.