I'd love to do a talk show. But I'm too busy for it. It's just too much work. Paul Reubens More Quotes by Paul Reubens More Quotes From Paul Reubens I know you are, but what am I? Paul Reubens knows There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand. Paul Reubens I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars! Paul Reubens dollars money world I remember one play [when I was kid] was about this murderous mad scientist, and my whole part was to be the guy who got thrown into a vat of acid as the curtain went up. I was very pissed off at these older kids; they'd outsmarted me. Paul Reubens mad play kids Why would I, in a million years, want to do anything even remotely having to do with child molestation on a children's show? See, I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility. Paul Reubens real kids children I'm right-handed, and the police report said I was jerking off with my left hand. That would have been the end of the case right there, proof it couldn't have been me. Paul Reubens left-hand police hands There were just things in Disney movies that probably were too scary for kids. Paul Reubens scary kids I enjoy getting to be arty and quirky and weird and all the things that I don't have that much choice with. You just sort of use what you got. Paul Reubens quirky choices use I'm just trying to illustrate that it's okay to be different - not that it's good, not that it's bad, but that it's all right. I'm trying to tell kids to have a good time and to encourage them to be creative and to question things. Paul Reubens creative trying kids I've always felt like a kid, and I still feel like a kid, and I've never had any problem tapping into my childhood, and my kid side. Paul Reubens childhood sides kids I was always in disguise. I'd wear masks or weird get-ups so you couldn't recognize me. I was always afraid that if somebody caught on that it was me, I'd never work again. Paul Reubens mask disguise caught I take having a kids' show real seriously. I think it's an enormous responsibility. Paul Reubens real responsibility kids I don't think Bruce Willis can compete with me. I have a much better voice. Paul Reubens voice thinking I've always felt like a kid, and I still feel like a kid, and I've never had any problem tapping into my childhood, and my kid side. And I think that's a very universal thing, I don't think it's unique to me at all. People I've talked to in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s have all told me "You know, I still feel 20." So I don't expect that I'm going to be any different. Paul Reubens unique kids thinking I'm fortunately not in a situation where someone owns me. Paul Reubens situation When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a backdrop and a dressing room. There were three colored spotlights - a red one, a white one, and a blue one. Blue was for nighttime scenes, and red was for when we were in hell. If the neighborhood kids wanted to use the stage, they had to incorporate me into the play. Paul Reubens dad play kids I was looking for a last name that was a first name. Growing up, I knew a kid who was the most obnoxious kid I ever knew, and his last name was Herman. Paul Reubens growing-up names kids We're in a situation now where fewer and fewer small films get made. People want these big giant tentpole sort of things, and I don't know, it's getting harder and harder to make a small movie. Paul Reubens giants want people I have a deal with a company that's going to do cards without the gum. I don't like sugarless gum, and I don't think it's much better for you. Paul Reubens gum cards thinking A large part of the reason I want to be so mysterious is so that I can move on and do something serious at some point in my career X years from now. It might be very difficult otherwise, because I'm... wild Paul Reubens careers years moving
