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.

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 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 be watching.

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