Whetherit's cockroaches or heights, spiders or flying - everyone has a fear, and if youthought that the phenomenon of phobias do not exist for celebrities, then youneed to think twice.
The survey of more than 1000 peopleincluding celebrities has revealed some of celebrities' deepestfears.
With Scarlett Johansson it is the fear of cockroaches.
���I once knew a girl who actually had giant African cockroachesas pets, and she would play with them and fuss over them. She often tried to getme to touch one, but I wouldn���t. I told her I have been afraid of themever since I once woke up with one crawling over my face, and another was in myshoe,��� The Courier Mail quotedher, as saying.
The survey, commissioned by one of Britain's leadinghypnotherapists, Joseph Clough, revealed that Nicole Kidman is a lepidopterphobe- she is terrified of butterflies.
���I am not afraid of snakesor spiders -- just butterflies. It all started when I was a child. Sometimes Iwould come home from school and the biggest butterfly you have ever seen wouldbe fluttering on our front gate. I���d climb over the fence rather thantouch the gate, and crawl around to the side of the house to go in the backdoor.��� she said.
Jennifer Love Hewitt has revealed that she hasa number of phobias, the worst of which is a fear of elevators.
���The trouble is that many of the Hollywood meetings I have toattend take place at the top of tall buildings -- and I simply cannot set footin a lift if there are too many people in it. If there���s four of fivepeople in it, then I just about manage it,��� she said.
'I preferit when it���s empty so I can scream if I want to. I am also scared ofsharks, which is why you will never find me in the sea, and I am a terriblehypochondriac. I have every illness known to man, and I am pretty sure I havehad the bird flu four of five times. I know I drive people mad with myphobias,��� she added.
Jennifer Aniston has been terrified offlying ever since she was caught in a bad storm in a small plane years ago.
���We became caught up in an electrical storm. And the Torontoto New York flight took two hours, which was twice the usual time,��� shesaid.
���Every time we flew over a field I hoped the pilot woulddecide to land, but he didn���t. What really scares me is the take-off.I've heard all about the aerodynamics, the speed, the engine -- but I still getnervous,��� she added.
Among the male celebrities who admit tohaving phobias is Johnny Depp, who revealed that he is not only afraid ofsinging in public, but also of clowns.
���I was forced toovercome my singing fear because of the movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber ofFleet Street. I warned director Tim Burton that I wasn't very confident of mysinging abilities, ' he says.
���I also have had an acutefear of clowns -- a condition known as coulrophobia -- ever since I hadnightmares of them as a kid. I used to see their faces leering at me,��� headded. Soccer ace David Beckham suffers from ataxophobia - a fear of disorderor untidiness.
He admits that everything has to match: his shirtsare arranged in his wardrobe according to colour, and he lines up cans of Cokein the fridge.
���I���m very organised and controlled andneed to go to bed at night knowing what I'm going to wear the nextmorning,��� he said.