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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.

— Steve Martin

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Even when I became the typical shy adolescent, I never minded performing. I felt there was a kind of safety, a protection about being on stage, about losing myself in another character.

— Hayley Mills

I liked being on stage; I just didn't like the theatrical aspect of being in front of people.

— Patti Smith

It was a big step, to go from not talking to people to stepping on to a stage. That's when I felt the most comfortable, because I could do anything I wanted to and say anything I wanted to, even if people didn't laugh.

— Harry Shum, Jr.

Growing up, I was so shy, but it was weird because I was the complete opposite on stage. I was just free to be myself.

— Manika

My awkward stage extended well into high school.

— Rachelle Lefevre

I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time.

— Kim Cattrall

When I was growing up, I was always on stage but I loved other things.

— Jeremy Piven

As an adolescent, I was painfully shy, withdrawn. I didn't really have the nerve to sing my songs on stage, and nobody else was doing them. I decided to do them in disguise so that I didn't have to actually go through the humiliation of going on stage and being myself.

— David Bowie

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was always shy and had a huge fear of being onstage.

— Colbie Caillat

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

— Michael Keaton