I still love to walk on stage and make people laugh, and I work very, very hard at it, and I take it seriously.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I go where people are hurting. I stand on the stage, and I make people laugh for an hour and a half.
For stage I try to dress down, because I want people to take me seriously.
People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
I'm really only happy when I'm on stage. I just feed off the energy of the audience. That's what I'm all about - people and laughter.
People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.
I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.
A lot of the time, you're supposed to play to the top of your intelligence, as truthful as possible. But when you're on stage making people laugh, you're still acting. I think it helped me a bunch to go on stage two or three times a week.
I take my work very seriously, and that's the only way for it to be fun for me.
I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out there. It is something I will never forget.
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