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
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 want to do an 'Extreme Makeover' show. You know that MTV show 'I Want To Have A Famous Face'? Well, I want to do a new show. I want to have a different famous face.
You'd think when you saw my old MTV stuff that I was always drunk and high and all that stuff. I wasn't.
The MTV thing is the thing that I will always tip my hat to because that was like my acting class and how I got comfortable in front of a camera and how I kind of created my own thing.
Son-In-Law was kind of my crossover. It was the movie that brought me out of the MTV audience into the mainstream.
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.
'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.
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.
People should stop poking fun at other people and worry about themselves.
When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.
Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.