Paul Reubens Net Worth

Paul Reubens's Quotes

• I tried to be responsible in teaching kids things I thought were good lessons, all in the context of, 'it's okay to be wild and have a good time.'
• Amazingly, by way of a mutual friend of his son Christian, I learned that even Marlon Brando thought Pee-wee was a real person! He couldn't believe I was an actor who had created that persona-which is maybe the highest benediction.
• Had we gone to trial, we had ready an expert from the Masters and Johnson Institute who was going to testify that in 30 years of research on masturbation the institute had never found one person who masturbated with his or her non-dominant hand. 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.
• The moment that I realized my name was going to be said in the same sentence as children and sex, that's really intense. That's something I knew from that very moment, whatever happens past that point, something's out there in the air that is really bad.
• Look at me, I'm getting defensive about something that happened so many years ago, somebody said. I'll have to find out who that was and if he's still alive.

Interesting Facts about Paul Reubens

1. Was a contestant on TV's The Gong Show (1976) during the late 1970s.
2. Arrested for allegedly masturbating at an adult movie theatre. [1991]
3. Confirmed on his appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) that he is currently bringing back the character Pee-Wee Herman. [April 2001]
4. Credits pioneer TV children's show host Pinky Lee as a partial inspiration for his character Pee-Wee Herman. Like Reubens, Lee also wore a tight checked suit and hat as part of his characterization.
5. Arrested for misdemeanor count of possessing child pornography November 15, 2002, in Los Angeles. Posted $20,000 bail and was released.
6. Former member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings.
7. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith, pg. 214-216. New York: Facts on File (1992) ISBN 0816023387.
8. Spoofed in Eminem's song and music video "Just Lose It" (2004).
9. Has one younger brother, Luke Rubenfeld, and one younger sister, Abbey Rubenfeld, who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
10. His father fought as a pilot during World War II, first for Britain's Royal Air Force and then for the United States Air Force. He was also one of the first pilots to fly in the Israeli Air Force.
11. Child pornography charges stemming from 2002 were dropped from his record. The case never even went to trial. [March 2004]
12. He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6562 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 1988.
13. Dated Debi Mazar from 1993-1999. Credits her for ending the depression resulting from his 1991 arrest.
14. Paul has brought about a Pee-Wee revival. Earlier this year, Paul brought the Pee-Wee Herman show to the Nokia theater in Los Angeles. As of October 26, 2010, he has brought the Pee-Wee Herman show to Broadway, and he is doing shows up until January 2, 2011. [October 2010]
15. He is most widely known to be a very private man.
16. Had talked himself into moving production of Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), from New York City, New York, to Los Angeles, California, for the show's second season, had been a better move for him, much due to the uncomfortable hot weather, along with inadequate shooting conditions of working in New York City, which combined with Reubens' traveling from his California house.
17. Early on, he had commuted from his home in Los Angeles, California, to New York City, New York, every week for one year, to film Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986), before the show moved to California, the following year.
18. His paternal grandparents were Polish Jewish immigrants. His mother was of German Jewish and Russian Jewish descent.
19. Has never had a leading role in a full-length feature film, outside of his Pee-Wee Herman movies. Has played the Penquin's father in both Batman Returns (1992) and Gotham (2014).
20. Has worked with Frank Welker in three films: Dunston Checks In (1996), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) and The Smurfs (2011).