Sandler Quotes & Sayings

I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell. — Adam Sandler

I do want children. I study dads more. I watch what they go through. I admire my father more than I ever did and my brother and my sister. — Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow. — Henry Winkler

Courage is all about taking action. Courage requires discipline, vitality, and guts to face those tasks in your profession that make you feel uncomfortable. — David Sandler

As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles. — Adam Sandler

Eat turkey all night long, 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong. — Adam Sandler

The Canteen Boy, the reason you feel bad for him and you can laugh is because he, and I guess a lot of my characters, they don't notice they're getting made fun of. So they'll say something back that's not that great a quip, but in their mind they won the argument. — Adam Sandler

We just bought this house. It's too big. It's like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It's just too big. — Adam Sandler

I'd like to have a kid, and I'd like to be driving around. I know a kid is going to be a big part of my life. I can trust my kid. I know my kid would be in the backseat of my car, and when I say You wanna get some ice-cream? he's going to be happy. My brother has kids. I see that trick work, the ice cream trick. — Adam Sandler

I don't know what drives me to succeed. — Adam Sandler

I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh. I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up. I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received. — Adam Sandler

I had come to believe that I was not as clever as some other kids who were my friends. And yet I knew even then that I wanted to do something of an intellectual nature, and excel at it. I also realized that if I was going to succeed at all, it would be through hard work. — Irving Sandler

I've always just had troubles with my family because I'm psychotic. It had nothing to do with that. — Adam Sandler

I finished a big book the other day. 421 pages. That's a lot of coloring when you think about it. — Adam Sandler

How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. — Adam Sandler

God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell. — Adam Sandler

Some of us will never ever find true love. Take, for instance me. And I'm pretty sure that guy right there. And that lady with the sideburns. And basically everybody at table nine. — Adam Sandler

If I had a child actor, I would wish for it to be in an Adam Sandler movie, because he just comes in and makes them so comfortable and is so brilliant with them and they all go home and they that they've got this special relationship. — Kate Beckinsale

On this lovely, lovely Hanukkah, drink your gin and tonica. — Adam Sandler

Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice. — Jimmy Fallon

Any time you do an Adam Sandler film, it's kind of like a boys' club, because you're hanging out and there are guitars around, and basketballs and footballs and electric bikes and scooters and different people dropping by. — Kevin Nealon

I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right. — Adam Sandler

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles. — Adam Sandler

So let me do the dishes in our kitchen sink, put you to bed when youve had too much to drink.
Oh, it could be so nice to grow old with you, I wanna grow old with you. — Adam Sandler

I'm in a mood, Dave. A bad mood, a very bad mood! I was fired from my ice cream truck job today! No more Fudgicles! — Adam Sandler

I'm filthy rich! It's good to be Adam Sandler! — Adam Sandler

I'm a big fan of money. I like it, I use it, I have a little. I keep it in a jar on top of my refrigerator. I'd like to put more in that jar. That's where you come in. — Adam Sandler

The line between the allure of liberty and the menace of of anarchy is often blurred." From: Caspian Diary — J.M. Sandler

We [ with Andy Samberg] knew each other for the last few years, our names are similar, our looks are a little bit similar, and our backgrounds are similar. The Judaism is quite similar. — Adam Sandler

I'll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies. — Adam Sandler

I kinda feel like an idiot sometimes. Although I am an idiot, so it kinda works out. — Adam Sandler

My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing. — Adam Sandler

In one day, I have times where I'm feeling great, I feel like I love my life, and then 2:30 rolls around and I'm the angriest man alive. My wife sees it. — Adam Sandler

I'm a huge fan of Adam Sandler and used to have Adam Sandler nights when I was younger. And he's so funny on the set. — Sophie Monk

Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot. — Adam Sandler

I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling. — Adam Sandler

I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before and, to be honest with you I wanted to see a blue duck. — Adam Sandler

Whenever I catch a chunk of an Adam Sandler comedy on cable, it looks as badly shot and goofily tossed off as a Jerry Lewis gag reel once he hit the late downslide with 'Hardly Working' and 'Cracking Up.' — James Wolcott

My thing is you're only as good as the people you work with. I've been blessed to work with the Wayanses and Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, and it makes you better. — Terry Crews

I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them. — Kate Beckinsale

Wrap the turkey up in aluminum foil, my brother like to masturbate with baby oil. — Adam Sandler

There's not much to know about me other than I like meeting artists and I like yakking. — Irving Sandler

Bedtime stories were definitely a big part of my life because I was just so excited my father was talking to me. — Adam Sandler

My father wasn't perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there. — Adam Sandler

I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do. — Adam Sandler

My father used to wear the same pants for like a week. — Adam Sandler

You know what? I did a lot of things that were deliberate, and they all backfired. I was trying desperately to become Will Ferrell or Adam Sandler, and it did not work for me. I took a lot of leaps that I shouldn't have, traditionally speaking. I paid the price for that. I was not as hire-able for a while. But then I just gave all that up. — Dax Shepard

When I was kid, yeah, my family, my parents wanted me to marry a Jewish girl because that was what they taught their children, and thought it would be an easier life for me to raise a Jewish kid. And I have a Jewish wife, I have a Jewish kid. They seem pretty happy about it. — Adam Sandler

Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. — Adam Sandler

I'm pretty hot, right? Very hot, if I may say so myself. Don't you feel the sex I'm radiating? — Adam Sandler

When I'm around the kids I feel like I act the most grown-up just because you're supposed to. And I say things, like every other day, that remind me of my own parents. — Adam Sandler

I actually went to college with Adam Sandler. He was a dramatic actor, too! — Molly Shannon

I'm getting older, and it happens. You don't care as much. I don't care about too much anymore. I've got to think about that a little bit. — Adam Sandler

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect. — Adam Sandler

I've got a hockey record, I took off my skate and tried to stab a guy, I'm the only person who ever tried that. — Adam Sandler

Horror is like comedy. Woody Allen's comedy is going to be very different from Ben Stiller's comedy which is going to be different from Adam Sandler's comedy which is going to be different from Judd Apatow's comedy. They're all comedy, but they're all very different types and you can enjoy all of them. Horror is the same way. — Eli Roth

I have so many strong opinions on the entertainment industry, but if I'm in a deli somewhere, and someone says they love that Adam Sandler movie where he dresses up as his twin sister - well, I don't want to make people feel bad for how they feel about things. I'm always courteous, not mean. — Andy Kindler

All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Bill Murray. They got older, wiser, and made different choices. — Akiva Schaffer

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket. — Adam Sandler

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands. — Adam Sandler

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that. — Adam Sandler

I bought my parents some stuff. That feels kind of good to be able to do that. I got them a place in Florida. I think I'm allowed to say that - I hope my dad doesn't get mad at me. But I don't spend money on myself. I don't like myself enough yet. But the people I love, I like spending the cash on them. — Adam Sandler

I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get. — Adam DeVine

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle. — Adam Sandler

When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I'm so happy I did a nice thing. — Adam Sandler

Paul Newman's half Jewishand Florence Henderson's half, tooPut them together,What a fine looking Jew! — Adam Sandler

I play David Hasselhoff's secretary and she gets around a bit - it's quite a role. I end up in bed with Adam Sandler, It's so surreal it's hysterical . I'm so excited. This is the biggest thing I have ever done, there's no comparison. — Sophie Monk

I think one of the prophets stuttered when he dictated your specs," Jal said, snickering. "Or the gene-splicer was daydreaming about his high-status trueborn love and he botched your programming. — Karen Sandler

Having a kid is great ... as long as his eyes are closed and he's not moving or speaking. — Adam Sandler

I am thrilled with my fan base. For some reason some of them are quite young, so they are quite frightened. I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them. Mine are not like that. Mine tend to go: 'Argh,' and look horrified. They shake and take a picture from a really long way away. I do feel I've got quite good, respectful ones though. — Colin Farrell

You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know,' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it, but I'm not. — Adam Sandler

I'm not making every decision due to my children. But I do hope they never see some movies I'm doing. But I do want to do more family-friendly movies. — Adam Sandler

One night I couldn't sleep. It was like 2:00 in the morning. I was thinking, 'What can I do?' I'm watching TV. I'm like, 'Let me do something else.' I'm not going to fall asleep for a few hours. What are my hobbies? There was the masturbation option. I skipped that because just knowing my kids are down the hall I felt psychotic. So, I went with watching more TV. I couldn't come up with anything. I was going, 'God, read a book.' Then I was like this, 'Where do I keep the books?' I've got nothing to do but watch TV. — Adam Sandler

the Battle of the Boyfriends since they almost got Adam Sandler to come judge the year after The Wedding Singer was in theaters." Her phone dinged. She whipped it out, and Will's gut went tight at the name on the readout. Lindsey. Pepper angled the phone away from his — Jamie Farrell

I don't want to run around with new people. I feel safer with my friends. — Adam Sandler

I'm not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, 'All right! Get out of the room.' — Adam Sandler

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life. — Adam Sandler

I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading. — Adam Sandler

In the '50s, to appropriate was a real no-no. However, once you go from Duchamp to Jasper Johns to Warhol, appropriation becomes not only a common thing to do, but possibly the central way of working in the era we call postmodernism. — Irving Sandler

Although I had never known anything but poverty, I knew that no amount of wealth could diminish my shame." From: Caspian Diary — J.M. Sandler

I don't think about that. I wasn't a kid growing up saying one day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn't on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do. — Adam Sandler

It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys. — Adam Sandler

I don't know what the hell I'm doing; I like what I've been doing. I believe in what I've done in the past and I hope to make a movie that; I hope my kid enjoys the movies I've made and enjoys some of the movies in the future. — Adam Sandler

I've got the kid. I feel a little more relief that I don't have to just think about myself too much. — Adam Sandler

I'm filthy rich! — Adam Sandler

How do I speak Spanish? Not too well. Paz taught me a few words that, if people weren't nice to me, I could tell them a few things. I got to study with [chef] Thomas Keller, who we all love as a guy and Jim had a relationship with him at [his restaurant] the French Laundry. — Adam Sandler

In the past we assumed it was out of a woman's control" whether or not she had a child. "Now we think it's her choice, so we can blame her. — Lauren Sandler

I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great place to go, great location, great hang, great date, good place to be with friends. But as an actor who works hard at making movies, I am glad that no matter what people can see your movie on. It's hard to keep a theater for long time; there are so many movies, so when you leave a theater, you're just glad there's a life for your movie. — Adam Sandler

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone. — Adam Sandler

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios. — Adam Sandler

My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire. — Adam Sandler

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare. — Adam Sandler

"Bruce" was an Eddie Murphy film, so there was a whole different vibe, working on that film, as opposed to working on a [Adam] Sandler film, which I'd done a few of. First of all, there were tons of kids running around. I'm surprised I ever had a kid after doing that film. — Kevin Nealon

This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero. — Adam Sandler

When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them. — Adam Sandler

When you're shooting a movie you are away from home most of the time. It's an amazing thing that we get to do what we get to do, but you definitely are away from the family more than you'd like to be. — Adam Sandler

I choose to ignore hell in my life. When I was a little kid I asked my Dad "Am I going to go to hell?" because I'd heard about hell. And he said, "Nothing you're gonna do will get you into hell." And so I got to ignore it. — Adam Sandler

I would love to work with Adam Sandler. Because then all I'd have to do is just turn the camera on and off. — David Zucker

I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that. — Adam Sandler

I like sitting and writing with my buddies. — Adam Sandler