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Adam Sandler [1966-0] American

Rank: 101
Actor

Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.

Dad, Family, Money, Movies, Relationship, Best, Famous, Father's Day, Friendship, God, Learning, Men, Mom, Space, Wedding, Women

Quote	Tags	Rank
I know I want to always do the best I can.	Best	101
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.	Dad	102
I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.	Mom	103
Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!		104
With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised.	Money	105
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.		106
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.	God, Men, Women	107
My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.		108
When you're around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you're supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.		109
I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.	Famous	110
My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing.		111
I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.	Dad, Family, Father's Day	112
Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.	Family, Relationship, Space	113
I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.	Money	114
I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?		115
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.		116
Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot.		117
I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.		118
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.	Family	119
I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.	Relationship	120
To be honest with you, when I got into this I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me. 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.		121
I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it.		122
Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.	Movies	123
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.	Movies	124
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.		125
In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.		126
How do I speak Spanish? Not too well.		201
My sisters are stronger and my brother's bigger than me.		202
Girls are soft and pretty.		203
Through my films I'm eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there, but I'm slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I'm 85, I'll look back and say, 'All right, that about sums it up.'		204
When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I'd get so panicked that I would stutter.		205
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.	Learning	206
Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!		207
I'll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies.		208
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.		209
I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.		210
When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.		211
It's nice when little teams win.		212
I've always wanted to do a family movie.		213
Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things.	Friendship	214
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.		215
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.		216
When I got into this, I never thought about reviews. I never thought about what people would say about me, 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.		217
I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.	Wedding	218
My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.		219
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.	Dad	220
The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad.	Dad	221
A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.		222
I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.		223
I wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.		224
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.		225
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.		226
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.		301
My father used to wear the same pants for like a week.		302
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.'		303
When the kids are laughing in the audience, I tear up, I'm so happy I did a nice thing.		304
I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.		305
Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty.		306
I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron.		307
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.		308
I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.		309
I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.		310
When I'm up there, and I know the show's coming to a close, in my head I'm saying to myself, Oh man, you gotta get off and be a normal person again. That's what I don't like so much.		311
Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.		312
Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.		313
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.		314
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.		315
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.		316
I like sitting and writing with my buddies.		317
My grandmother used to embarrass me more, when she would pick me up from school wearing a big fuzzy hat. I didn't like that.		318
SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.		319
I read to my kid, but I can't stand reading.		320
I can handle pain.		321
I've always had lots of friends and my house was the house they all hung out at.		322
I don't know what drives me to succeed.		323
I never thought about what people would say about me. 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.		324
I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.		325
I'm filthy rich!		326
I grew up cursing a lot.		401

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