Pauly Shore Quotations

When you're a kid, all you really care about are Slurpees and Slip N Slide and riding your bike, and that's what I did.

I want to show all sides of myself. I mean, I don't want to howl at the moon my whole life, you know?

Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.

Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're fun. You either hate me or you love me.

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.

I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.

I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at that time.

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

My mom is two people to me. She's my mom number one, and then she's this lady most comedians know as being a legendary owner of a nightclub that's responsible for starting a lot of heavy careers.

Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood.

People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.

I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

It's in my blood to tour. It's in my blood to get on the road. It's in my blood to go onstage.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.

I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.

Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me.

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

I fly around with chicks on each arm and have no script. I just talk about what I feel like. But that's why my act works: I'm like this normal guy.

When you deal with a comedian who has a specific act, you can't hold 'em back. You got to work with 'em, dude. What you think, I'm just gonna do what's on the page, say 'yes sir, no sir'? I'm creatively beyond that.

When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing.

We all have a past; it's just that my past is out there for all to see.

The public was used to a Pauly Shore film coming out every year or two, you understand? So when that went away, the public lost familiarity with me.

'Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

Then we basically wreck it and then we put it back together, ... And we have a nice environmental message in the thing.

The best comedy to me - and again, I grew up with comedy since I was a baby, so I've seen it all - is when you exaggerate the truth, like Richard Pryor did, you understand?

In my 30s, it wasn't cool to like Pauly Shore movies. It was cool to like them when they came out, then it wasn't cool.

I'm probably most proud of this one as I was 'Son-in-Law' and 'Encino Man,'

I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.

Chickens, You guys have chickens. Are they extra crispy or extra recipe?

I remember taking mushrooms at the wrap party, it was like the first and last time I took that.

I never got into The Jetsons too much.

I liked Evel Knievel, and that game Mouse Trap. That was pretty cool.

Hollywood people don't want to be embarrassed by being involved with someone who isn't happening and cool at the time. But I never made the movies for the critics; I've done the best I could with the material and the directors and the actors I had. But the thing that's really exciting is that once I do that one project that's different, that stands out, everyone's gonna be watching.

All these kids in Hollywood, the people born and raised out here, their parents are all in show business, and that's why I think we're good. That's why we're on top of the game now because we were born in it.

America's Most Wanted? I love it when there's a guy in the back seat pounding his head on the plexiglas. That to me is the best.

When you're onstage, it's important to try and feel some type of therapy in getting the material out, because then you don't leave the stage so tired. If you're onstage and you're doing the same routine over and over, then it gets monotonous. You want to be able to try to get to the truth constantly, and I think the more you do that, the easier it is.

That's the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don't spend your own money.

As an artist, what you do is you put out material constantly. Whether it's films, or TV shows, music... and you know, you hope people respond to it. You always have to know, as well, that not everybody's gonna like it. And that's okay. It's not for everyone. It's just for the crusty nugs.

Physically, my character is stronger than him which is totally unrealistic, ... Because in reality he can ... kill me. I think it has a lot to do with (him being) the youngest of all of his brothers, and I think he got beat up a lot.

There's nothing wrong with being a pretty girl, because you want to be, desirable. There's nothing wrong with that, but you should have a plan B even if that is getting pregnant by a rich dude.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then you see me, you'll see where I got a lot of my stuff.

When I shot the movie, I wasn't gonna think about anything except for being the biggest knucklehead in the world.

Find something that you want to do when you're 60. Find your passion. Your passion, your work, whatever it is that you want to do. Find something that you would do, even if you didn't get paid. Whether it's an art or whether is something that you're passionate about.

I become friends with people in each city who can show me around. Like if someone came to Los Angeles they wouldn't really know where to go, so they'd have to call me up and then I'd show them around.

My life's like a big tour. It's cool, I'm still semi-young. I'm not too old yet where it's like, "I hate the road!" As long as I'm not anywhere for too long. I like to keep moving.

My belief is guns don't kill people, people kill people.

I just want to kind of tackle every kind of form that exists in the comedy world; whether it be stand-up or hidden camera or parody. Kind of slap it in a movie with hip-hop artists and actors, comedians and girls. I just want to do something fun.

I miss that process of getting the script and reading it and working on it. Every actor has their own way of memorizing their lines, and the whole process of starting to work with the other actors and the director, and doing rehearsals, and going to the location, and going through wardrobe.

I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?

Entourage' is a staple L.A.-based show, and people say it's pretty real, and I thought it was. It's an exaggeration of the truth.

Small towns seem to appreciate things a little bit more. They're less jaded and they're more kind of authentic and more themselves and they don't care as much.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.

People in bigger towns are very aware of their surroundings. The people in the smaller markets, they will show up with flip-flops and shorts and just kind of already have a buzz on.

My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic.

Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

You don't have to be inspired by comedians. You have to be inspired by things that are real, whether it's music, comedy...a movie - that should inspire you.

I want to do an 'Extreme Makeover' show. You know that MTV show 'I Want To Have A Famous Face'? Well, I want to do a new show. I want to have a different famous face.

I want to have my face look like Brad Pitt. Then I'll be with Jennifer Aniston and then Angelina Jolie. Then the real Brad Pitt will come in, and we'll have a Brad Pitt face-off.

Well, the best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing.

You'd think when you saw my old MTV stuff that I was always drunk and high and all that stuff. I wasn't.

You have to go away to come back. That's just normal. That's with bands, actors, comedians, everything.

There's a lot of people out there who didn't like my style of comedy.

The MTV thing is the thing that I will always tip my hat to because that was like my acting class and how I got comfortable in front of a camera and how I kind of created my own thing.

The Comedy Store attracts all types of people, growing up I was able to meet them all.

Son-In-Law was kind of my crossover. It was the movie that brought me out of the MTV audience into the mainstream.

Sesame Street... I think they were all high. With Big Bird, they had to be high.

I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil.

People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves. The reality is that my movies all have made money.