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Contents 1 The Old Standbys 1.1 Aviophobia: Fear of Flying 1.2 Arachnophobia: Fear of Spiders 1.3 Claustrophobia: Fear of Enclosed Spaces 1.4 Coulrophobia: Fear of Clowns 1.5 Aquaphobia: Fear of the Water 1.6 Agoraphobia: Fear of Open Spaces 1.7 Galeophobia: Fear of Sharks 1.8 Ophidiophobia: Fear of Snakes 1.9 Insectophobia: Fear of Insects 1.10 Myctophobia: Fear of the Dark 1.11 Hoblophobia: Fear of Guns 1.12 Acrophobia: Fear of Heights 1.13 Spectrophobia: Fear of Ghosts 1.14 Nosocomephobia: Fear of Hospitals 1.15 Trypanophobia: Fear of Needles 1.16 Brontophobia: Fear of Thunder 1.17 Fear of Bats 1.18 Fear of Crocodiles 1.19 Fear of Graveyards 2 Strange Phobias 2.1 Ataxophobia: Fear of Disorder or Untidiness 2.2 Ovophobia: fear of Eggs 2.3 Botanophobia: Fear of Plants 2.4 Fear of Gerbils 2.5 Phonophobia:Fear of Speaking on the Telephone 2.6 Haphophobia: Fear of Touch 2.7 Taurophobia: Fear of Cows 2.8 Eisoptrophobia: Fear of Mirrors 2.9 Swinophobia: Fear of Pigs 2.10 Fear of Toilets 2.11 Fear of Dolphins and Sea Mammals 2.12 Fear of Chewing Gum 2.13 Fear of Dying Unloved 3 Serious Cases 3.1 Billy Bob Thornton 3.2 Woody Allen

The Old Standbys

Aviophobia: Fear of Flying

• Sean Bean didn't like the idea of having to helicopter to certain locations during the filming of The Fellowship of the Ring and after one turbulent ride vowed never to fly to a location again. In one case he had to take a ski lift and then hike for miles in full costume to get to the filming spot.
• John Madden has said that his fear of flying has mostly to do with claustrophobia. He travels all over the country in a luxury coach dubbed the Maddencruiser. If the Super Bowl is ever in Hawaii he has said that he'll take a cruise ship there.
• Jennifer Aniston had a bad experience flying through an electrical storm. She still feels nervous any time she has to board a plane.
• Stanley Kubrick
• Woody Allen
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Cher
• Chad Michael Murray
• R. Kelly
• Sarah Jessica Parker
• Kirsten Dunst
• Aretha Franklin
• Muhammad Ali
• Colin Farrell
• Michael Jackson
• Kym Marsh
• Holly Valance

Arachnophobia: Fear of Spiders

• Justin Timberlake
• Rupert Grint
• Andre Agassi
• Johnny Depp
• Nell McAndrew
• Ray Parks

Claustrophobia: Fear of Enclosed Spaces

• Uma Thurman is claustrophobic and found the experience of being buried alive in Kill Bill 2 terrifying.
• Jennifer Love Hewitt specifically has a fear of elevators.
• Matthew McConaughey is afraid of revolving doors and tunnels
• Drew Barrymore
• David Boreanaz

Coulrophobia: Fear of Clowns

• Johnny Depp insists there is a darkness lingering underneath the face paint, and yet years ago he purchased a self-portrait of serial killer John Wayne Gacy as "Pogo the Clown".
• Sean Combs is said to have a strict "No Clown Clause" in his performance contracts. He has denied this but probably because it isn't so great for his bad boy image.
• Daniel Radcliffe

Aquaphobia: Fear of the Water

• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Carmen Electra

Agoraphobia: Fear of Open Spaces

• Macaulay Culkin doesn't like to leave his apartment.
• Kim Basinger
• Daryl Hannah
• Rose McGowan

Galeophobia: Fear of Sharks

• Justin Timberlake
• Jennifer Love Hewitt

Ophidiophobia: Fear of Snakes

• Justin Timberlake
• Nell McAndrew

Insectophobia: Fear of Insects

• Scarlett Johansson is afraid of cockroaches. She once woke up with one crawling on her face.
• Nicole Kidman is afraid of butterflies
• Ray Parks

Myctophobia: Fear of the Dark

• Keanu Reeves
• Anne Rice

Hoblophobia: Fear of Guns

• Roger Moore had trouble being 007. Whenever he picked up a gun to play his part he would start blinking nervously.

Acrophobia: Fear of Heights

• Liam Neeson
• Tobey Maguire
• David Boreanaz
• Sheryl Crow

Spectrophobia: Fear of Ghosts

• Johnny Depp
• Christina Ricci

Nosocomephobia: Fear of Hospitals

• Andy Warhol

Trypanophobia: Fear of Needles

• JC Chasez

Brontophobia: Fear of Thunder

• Madonna

Fear of Bats

• Gareth Gates

Fear of Crocodiles

• Norman Pace

Fear of Graveyards

• Sarah Michelle Gellar will not set foot in a real graveyard. All the graveyards on Buffy had to be fake and in the studio.

Strange Phobias

Ataxophobia: Fear of Disorder or Untidiness

• David Beckham arranges his clothing according to color and obsessively keeps things even and arranged in just the right way.

Ovophobia: fear of Eggs

• Alfred Hitchcock found eggs absolutely revolting. He refused to ever eat them.

Botanophobia: Fear of Plants

• Christina Ricci hates having plants indoors because they're dirty. If she actually touches them she really freaks out.

Fear of Gerbils

• Christina Ricci is also afraid of cute furry little rodents.

Phonophobia:Fear of Speaking on the Telephone

• David Gest has it so bad he included his Phonophobia as one of his reasons for divorcing Liza Minelli.

Haphophobia: Fear of Touch

• Kelly Osbourne does not like to be touched, especially not on her collarbone.

Taurophobia: Fear of Cows

• Lyle Lovett has had a fear of cows ever since he was mauled by a bull on his ranch.

Eisoptrophobia: Fear of Mirrors

• Pamela Anderson does not like lingering in front of mirrors and also hates watching herself on TV.

Swinophobia: Fear of Pigs

• Orlando Bloom is terrified of pigs. When one got loose on the set of Kingdom of Heaven, Bloom turned and ran like crazy.

Fear of Toilets

• Rachel Stevens has a problem with locking the door to the bathroom if there's no window.

Fear of Dolphins and Sea Mammals

• Tyra Banks confronted her fear on her own talkshow, but still has a little more to get over.

Fear of Chewing Gum

• Oprah's grandmother used to stick her chewing gum on her own furniture. It grossed O out so much that she cannot stand chewing gum to this day.

Fear of Dying Unloved

• Among his other biggest fears, Justin Timberlake is afraid of dying unloved. Don't worry, Justin! We love you!

Serious Cases

Billy Bob Thornton

Billy Bob has some weird-ass phobias. In the past, Thornton has suffered from Aviophobia but in the post-911 world he says that he feels safer about flying now. Or rather, he feels safer about flying now that everyone else feels weird about it.

Thornton also has a fear of antique furniture...

“	I just don't like old stuff. I'm creeped out by it, and I have no explanation why...I don't have a phobia about American antiques, it's mostly French — you know, like the big, old, gold-carved chairs with the velvet cushions. The Louis XIV type. That's what creeps me out. I can spot the imitation antiques a mile off. They have a different vibe. Not as much dust.	„
—Billy Bob Thornton to The Independant

...and certain types of flatware...

“	I won't use real silver. You know, like the big, old, heavy-ass forks and knives, I can't do that.	„
—Billy Bob Thornton to The Independant

...And harpsichords?

“	"Pieces from 1700 and 1800 France and England really freak me out, especially harpsichords."	„
—Billy Bob Thornton to The Battalion

It's also been said that Thornton tries not to say his children's names out loud for fear of cursing them.

Woody Allen

Woody Allen has Panophobia: the fear of everything.

“	I don't like to go into elevators. I don't go through tunnels. I like the drain in the shower to be in the corner and not in the middle	„
—Woody Allen in People Magazine

He has also been said to be afraid of insects, sunshine, dogs, deer, bright colors, children, heights, small rooms, crowds, cancer and being anywhere but Manhattan.

“	I cut my banana into seven slices every morning before I put it in my cereal... These things don't hurt anybody else, but they are neurotic	„
—Woody Allen in People Magazine