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" 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. "

Pauly Shore

Mom

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

" Everywhere I go, people know who I am. "

Pauly Shore

I Am

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

" When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing. "

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

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

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

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

Pauly Shore

Say

Look

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

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

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

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

Pauly Shore

Now

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" I'm not used to getting good reviews. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid. "

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

" 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. "

" 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? "

" '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. "

" 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. "