Explore Quotes by Pauly Shore

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

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

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'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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.