As a stage performer, you're grateful for every performance you get to do. It might get a bit old, but it beats not being on stage. (Also: You don't last for a

As a stage performer, you're grateful for every performance you get to do. It might get a bit old, but it beats not being on stage. (Also: You don't last for a decade at any given show. You keep moving on to other things.) And for many, being on stage is every bit as exciting as flying a space ship. The emotional energy from a good performance is amazing. (It's certainly not the pay that keeps them)