Pauly Shore Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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 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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“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.”