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Pauly Shore found himself on the receiving end of one of Jimmy Kimmel‘s opening monologue roasts during Sunday night’s (March 12) broadcast of the 2023 Oscars — and the comedian, who starred alongside Academy Award-winners Brendan Fraser and Ke Huy Quan in Encino Man, has now responded to the joke.

Kimmel took swipes at many of the ceremony’s attendees (and the no-shows), from Tom Cruise‘s involvement in Scientology to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at last year’s event. However, he also mentioned the fact that two Encino Man stars, Fraser and Quan — who took home the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, respectively — were nominated for awards.

“Two actors from Encino Man are nominated for Oscars. What an incredible night this must be for the two of you and what a difficult night it must be for Pauly Shore,” Kimmel quipped during his monologue.

While speaking to Page Six about being the butt of Kimmel’s joke, Shore revealed that it’s “no different” than the way he’s been treated in the past.

“We love to hate people when they’re on top. People wanted to smash me down and they did,” he said. “I was always nice to everyone, always cool, I put my heart into my all my films.”

Speaking on the concept of celebrity, he added, “You’re buying and selling a human being. Human beings have feelings, it’s not like selling real estate.”

Despite Kimmel’s joke, Shore praised his former co-stars from the 1992 comedy, which follows two teenagers who attempt to pass off a frozen caveman as a foreign exchange student after he comes back to life.

“It’s a big deal, I’m happy for these guys,” he said of their first-time Oscar wins. “We did a movie together years ago and I’m glad that people still talk about it 30 years later. It’s crazy.”

As for whether or not we’ll see the comedian appear in any other movies in the future, he teased, “I do truly miss acting and I miss being on set … hopefully it happens … it’s about just dreaming and hoping,” before adding, ” People are always like, ‘We want you back!'”