Latest Adam Sandler Quotes from Interviews

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• I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn't the best at that. But comedy thing and making movies and stuff, I love it so much that I do get driven to push myself as hard as I can.

  Adam Sandler

  Baseball, School, League

  "Dub Q&A: Adam Sandler". Interview with Fred Topel, www.dubmagazine.com. June 9, 2010.

• I don't know what drives me to succeed. I know I want to always do the best I can. I never was like that as a kid.

  Adam Sandler

  Kids, Want, Succeed

  "Adam Sandler Interview GROWN UPS". Interview With Sara Wayland, collider.com. June 21, 2010.

• Me and Fred Wolf wrote the movie [ Grown Ups]. The whole idea was about putting together old friends that get to hang out for a weekend.

  Adam Sandler

  Weekend, Ideas, Old Friends

• 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

  Dad, Kids, Littles

  Source: www.thecrimson.com

• I've always liked older ladies. I'm comfortable with it. They seem to be nice. They've seen it all.

  Adam Sandler

  Nice, Being Nice, Seems

• My mother says to me, when I'm making a new movie, she says, "Oh, is Steve Buscemi in it?" I'd say, "Yeah." And she, "Oh, then it's going to be a good one." I swear to God, she says that every time. And when I say Steve's not in it, she says, "Oh."

  Adam Sandler

  Mother, Swear To God, Yeah

• 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

  Hard Work, Long, People

• The fact that you can see a movie at home, it's great. You're making it for as many people to see it as possible. And that's nice.

  Adam Sandler

  Nice, Home, People

• The only reason I got into stand-up was because my brother told me to. I had no idea what I was going to do with my life. I was 17 and my brother went to a comedy club and he said - you can do that.

  Adam Sandler

  Brother, Ideas, Clubs

  Source: movieweb.com

• 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

  Home, Shooting, Away From Home

  Source: movieweb.com

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

  Adam Sandler

  Trouble, My Family, Psychotic

• 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

  Girl, Children, Kids

• I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each other's comedy for years.

  Adam Sandler

  Years, House, Comedy

• My intention is never to hurt anybody. I'm happy when people are having a good time.

  Adam Sandler

  Hurt, People, Good Times

• When I was a kid you always heard about the Israeli army and you always heard about this tiny little country and how everyone around them wants them gone, and every time somebody comes after them they take care of business. And so as a Jewish kid you were proud of that.

  Adam Sandler

  Country, Kids, Army

• 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

  Children, Decision, Friendly

• I do feel good doing them [family-friendly movies], but it's not going to be my way of life. I'm a comedian.

  Adam Sandler

  Feel Good, Comedian, Friendly

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

  Adam Sandler

  Growing Up, Fans, Modern

  "Adam Sandler, Adam Shankman, Russell Brand, Keri Russell and Matt Lopez Interview BEDTIME STORIES". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 21, 2008.

• I wanted to make sure that I did one movie in my career that mothers hug me for.

  Adam Sandler

  Mother, Careers, Hug

• 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.

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  Morning, Book, Fall

• I did rocks, all this dumb stuff. But now it's just trying to stay afloat and just get through the days.

  Adam Sandler

  Rocks, Dumb, Trying

• My hobbies are run-on sentences.

  Adam Sandler

  Running, Hobbies, Sentences

• I still like some of the stuff, skateboarding. Just stupid things.

  Adam Sandler

  Stupid, Skateboarding, Stuff

• 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.

  Adam Sandler

  Father, Parent, Bad Mood

  "Adam Sandler Interview GROWN UPS". Press conference, collider.com. June 21, 2010.

• I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was in uncirculated condition might be a panty dropper, and it turned out not to be. Then I stumbled into skateboarding, which kind of was cooler. But I wasn't aware of what was cool. My dad wasn't around so he couldn't shake me and say, 'Drop the coin collecting bit. It's not where you want to go.' So, that and the spelling bee and the chess, I think I had it figured out for myself.

  Adam Sandler

  Dad, Thinking, Skateboarding