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I was a timid little guy when I was a kid. I used humor as a defense; I became the class clown. But deep inside, I felt real vulnerable.

— Mike Huckabee

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was named Class Clown in the high school yearbook, so I was always turning to comedy and laughter to heal and to get me through things.

— Guillermo Diaz

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person.

— Janeane Garofalo

I was just a goofy little funny kid, who was always getting sent to the principal. It wasn't serious because I was smart. I wasn't like a true troublemaker, just rambunctious - like, talkative and trying to be funny. That was me in middle-school.

— J. Cole

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.'

— Adam Clayton

At school, I was the classroom clown - I was always being thrown out for being naughty. Before I left, a teacher called me in and suggested I became an actor.

— David Harewood

I was sort of the class-clown type, and I was also in school plays, and I always liked comedy.

— Rachel Dratch

I was always one who was clowning around in school and getting in trouble.

— David Boreanaz

I was the class clown type of guy.

— Bobb'e J. Thompson

I was a class clown since second grade.

— Eric Andre

✗Opposing Perspectives

As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.

— Gemma Ward