Pauly Shore
Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shoreis an American actor, comedian, director, writer and producer. Shore is best known for his roles in several comedy films in the 1990s including Encino Man, Son in Law, and Bio-Dome. He also hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Shore's acting career has declined since the late 1990s; he has since appeared only infrequently in a number of films and has primarily focused on stand-up comedy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 February 1968
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
When I shot the movie, I wasn't gonna think about anything except for being the biggest knucklehead in the world.
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?
I think you gotta look at stuff half-full as opposed to half-empty.
Well, 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. And it's hard, man. They brainwash you to think you're doing the right thing.
You'd think when you saw my old MTV stuff that I was always drunk and high and all that stuff. I wasn't.
Sesame Street... I think they were all high. With Big Bird, they had to be high.
All these kids in Hollywood, the people born and raised out here, their parents are all in show business, and that's why I think we're good. That's why we're on top of the game now because we were born in it.
When you're onstage, it's important to try and feel some type of therapy in getting the material out, because then you don't leave the stage so tired. If you're onstage and you're doing the same routine over and over, then it gets monotonous. You want to be able to try to get to the truth constantly, and I think the more you do that, the easier it is.
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.
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.
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.
I don't think any of us would be who we are if our parents weren't who they were. People that are in show business, and their parents are not in show business, their parents probably motivated them to get in show business.
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.
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.