Quotes by Pauly Shore

About Pauly Shore:

Paul Montgomery is an American actor, comedian, director, writer and producer who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Shore is still performing stand-up comedy and toured in 2012.
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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.

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

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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?

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

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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 ...

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

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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.

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

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

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

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People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.

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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.

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

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Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NamePauly Shore
  • Descriptionactor, comedian
  • BornFebruary 1, 1968
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Musician