I have had a very difficult time with stage fright it undermines your well-being and peace of mind, and it can also threaten your livelihood.

In this remark, Fleming frames stage fright not as a minor pre-performance jitters but as a sustained psychological burden with real consequences. By linking it to “well-being and peace of mind,” she emphasizes the private, health-related costs of performing under pressure; by adding that it can “threaten your livelihood,” she underscores the professional stakes for artists whose work depends on public execution at a high level. The quote also implicitly challenges the myth that elite performers are immune to anxiety, suggesting that mastery and vulnerability can coexist, and that managing fear is part of the craft and career of performance.