Pauly Shore Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

I'm not used to getting good reviews.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I never got into The Jetsons too much.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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