Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
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.
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 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'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.
I really don't go out every night to red-carpet events.
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.
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.
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.
My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.
Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.
Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me.
Everywhere I go, people know who I am.
I giggle when I put myself down. It's just funny to me.
I think as a standup performer you have to feel the audience. So the audience kind of dictates what they get, you know?
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.
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.
Comedy wasn't something I chose - it chose me. I was just inherently funny when I was a kid.
I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.
