Pauly Shore Quotes

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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'm not used to getting good reviews.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I never got into The Jetsons too much.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

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.

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

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.