Words matter. These are the best Pauly Shore Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
That’s the biggest rule in Hollywood: Don’t spend your own money.
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.
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.
I really don’t go out every night to red-carpet events.
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.
Death isn’t a funny thing. We’re all lucky to be living.
Everywhere I go, people know who I am.
I’m Jewish. I’ve always had a thing where it’s okay to dance with the devil, just don’t become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
Whenever someone dies everyone says, I love that guy, except for Jeffrey Dahmer.
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?
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.
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.
When you put yourself out into the world and say, ‘Hey, look at me,’ you’re going to get criticized.
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.
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?
I think the best comedy comes from stuff that’s based in reality.
Comedy wasn’t something I chose – it chose me.
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.
Comedy wasn’t something I chose – it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
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 giggle when I put myself down. It’s just funny to me.
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.
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.
People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.