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- You know, I gotta do it.

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I do whatever the hell I want.

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- I know,
- That's what I'm all about,

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man.
- You're Adam Sandler,

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You are Adam Sandler.
- Who could say no to me?

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No one can say no to you.

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- Just my mama.

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- [Man] Just your mama.

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- And she does it a lot.

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- [Narrator] Producer, comedian, actor.

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He's Hollywood's most renowned funnyman.

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With a career stretching,
three decades so far,

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and a successful production company,

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Adam Sandler is a household name.

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- See we're so down to earth

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that he kind of just felt like

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we had been friends for a long time.

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- Best known for his
roles in "Happy Gilmore,"

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"The Water Boy," and "Grown Ups,"

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Adam Sandler has written

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some of the most popular
comedy films to date.

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- You just get jittery a couple
of days before it comes out.

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But we like it. We like it.

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Hopefully people connect with it

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and that's why you do it.

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- He makes me laugh, you know what I mean?

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We just laugh. We laugh
together all the time.

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We have a great relationship.

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We just click, our families get together.

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We have the same sensibility
and I'm always honored

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to do stuff with him and
want to work with him.

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So, when he thinks of me to
put me in any of his movies,

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I'm thrilled and it's great.

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- [Narrator] Despite fluctuating reviews,

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his films are always
popular with audiences,

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winning him the most
watched Netflix film in 2019

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with "Murder Mystery."

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- It's lucky, man, you never know.

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Sometimes people won't leave me alone.

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And then all of a sudden you're...

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America or the whole world, is like,

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"All right, get outta here,
we've seen you enough."

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It's out of your control sometimes.

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I try to hide out as much as I can.

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- [Narrator] Sandler
has a large filmography

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of family favorites,

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feel good classics that have
you laughing throughout.

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Having just extended a
production deal with Netflix.

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Adam Sandler shows no signs of stopping.

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And as long as his
audience are entertained,

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the critics remarks are harmless.

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- I was a kid. I was growing up.

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I had an amazing mom,
I had an amazing dad,

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brothers and sisters, my
brother and my two sisters.

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All they ever did was make me
feel like I'm good at things.

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And even when I was terrible
at things, they were like,

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"You're so remarkable,
Adam, you're great."

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Anything I did, I sang in the car,

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"What a great singer, you're so funny."

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Just they made me, instilled
me with confidence.

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So much so that I thought I
could be a pro baseball player

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until my father said, "You're too slow."

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But that was when I was 11.

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Then I had the just go, "All
right, maybe a comedian."

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But I love my family very much.

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And they made it a point,

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the whole family was
always about our family.

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My parents always made me feel

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very like there was nothing else,

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but me and my brother and two sisters.

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So I.

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- [Narrator] Adam Richard Sandler,

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born on September 9th 1966

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into a Jewish family.

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Raised in Manchester, New Hampshire,

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he quickly earned the
reputation as class clown

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at his high school.

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His brother Scott noticed his talent

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and encouraged him to perform standup

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at a comedy club in Boston.

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Motivated to pursue a career in comedy.

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He attended the Lee Strasbourg
Theater and Film Institute

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in New York city after high school.

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Sandler continued to chase
his dreams of show business,

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and attended Tisch School of The Arts,

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graduating in 1988,
with a degree in acting.

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Adam Sandler's first television appearance

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was in "The Cosby Show" in the late 1980s,

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where he played the role of a
friend of the Huxtable family.

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- Hey, Smitty, come here, man.

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- Just a second, fellas,
I'll be right with you.

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How about I, uh,

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pick you up around seven o'clock?

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- Great, I'll be waiting.

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(audience laughs)

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- Gents, when you see this,

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you are going to want to
kiss me too, but don't.

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Guess how we're getting to the prom?

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Our very own limousine.

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- Oh man, how'd you score that?

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- [Narrator] Throughout this time,

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he continued to perform
standup comedy shows.

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Although he made his
first film debut in 1989

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in the film "Going Overboard,"

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his standup comedy was leading
him into the spotlight.

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This caught the attention
of comedian Dennis Miller,

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who recommended him to the
"Saturday Night Live" team.

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This led to his employment

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as a writer for "Saturday
Night Live" in 1990.

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Soon after he started

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making occasional appearances on the show

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and became a permanent cast member.

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Sandler was part of the
show for five years,

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gaining a large amount of popularity

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for his juvenile antics.

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He performed several songs on the show,

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including "The Thanksgiving
Song" and "The Hanukkah Song,"

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which were loved by audiences.

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♪ Elvis fans ♪

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♪ Can't be wrong ♪

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♪ Turkey, turkey dee ♪

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♪ Turkey, turkey dap ♪

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♪ I eat the turkey ♪

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♪ And I take a nap ♪

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♪ Thanksgiving is a special night ♪

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♪ Jimmy Walker used to say "Dynamite" ♪

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♪ That's right ♪

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♪ Turkey with the gravy
and the cranberry ♪

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♪ Can't believe the Mets
traded Daryl Strawberry ♪

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♪ Turkey for you ♪

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- [Narrator] It was during the 1990s

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that Adam Sandler began receiving

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real recognition for his films.

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He starred in the movie
"Coneheads" with friends

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Chris Farley and David Spade in 1993,

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and in "Airheads"

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with Steve Buscemi and
Brendan Frazier in 1994.

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His successful string of films
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and he received much acclaim for his role

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as an unsuccessful ice hockey player

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who discovers a passion for golf

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in the comedy film
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- Well, it was an idea that Adam Sandler,

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who's the star, had with
his partner, Tim Hurlihy.

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They're both hockey fans,
they're both golf fans,

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and thought it would be cool
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the blue collar, fighting
mentality of hockey

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with the upper-crust sort
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and bring that to golf.

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Punching,

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hitting,

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cheering.

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- [Narrator] He followed it
up with other comedic roles,

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such as his role in "The Wedding Singer"

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and "The Water Boy," his
first hit film in 1998.

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- I want you to visualize

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all those people that
have been mean to you,

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and then I want you to attack.

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I want you to visualize and then attack.

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Can you handle that?

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- I try.

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- He's gonna try

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- What's the matter with you boy,

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are you too st-stupid to do
what your coach tells you?

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- No.

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- No, what?

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(screams)

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(tackle thuds)

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- [Narrator] In 1999, Sandler
starred in "Big Daddy,"

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which was his highest
grossing film up until 2015.

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- Just played the part the way
I thought I should play it.

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It's not like I'm
changing my whole career.

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It's just this one particular movie

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I acted a different way.

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Now what?

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(milk bottle thuds)

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- [Announcer] Now.

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- You wear a diaper?

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- No.

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- [Announcer] Sonny Colfax is finding out.

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- Could I have a night light?

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- Night light?

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- [Announcer] Once you adopt a kid.

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- There you go, all right?

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- You better give that kid back.

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- I tried to give him back.

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- [Announcer] You've got to keep him.

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- Go back to sleep.

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- I wet my bed.

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- All right. Nice and dry.

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No more wetness.

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(baseball clunks)

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- [Narrator] The fun, loving comedy

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about a man pulling his life together

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for the sake of a child
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but received mixed reviews.

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The beginning of Sandler's
battle with the critics.

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- We read a script that was a good movie,

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but I didn't think I'd be too good at it.

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And then we talked to the
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Amy Pascal,

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and she said that me and
my buddy could rewrite it

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and tailor it more for
what I think I could do.

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And we did it like that.

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They laid down a nice script up top.

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And then we kind of did
our own comedy with it.

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- [Reporter] How exciting.

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(smooth music)

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- [Narrator] This role won
Sandler various awards,

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including a Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for best actor,

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and People's Choice Award

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for favorite comedy motion picture.

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This helped establish his
iconic comedic character role,

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which has followed him
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and attracted both
positive and negative views

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from film analysts.

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Adam Sandler also met
his now wife, Jackie,

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on the set of "Big Daddy."

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And she had a small
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Before the film's release,
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Their relationship continued
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and the pair eventually
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1999 also saw Adam Sandler set up

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his own production company,
Happy Madison Productions,

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off of the success of his previous roles.

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Happy Madison Productions is based

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in the Judy Garland Building

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on the Sony Studios Lot, Culver City.

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It also has company offices run
by Sandler's brother, Scott,

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in their hometown of
Manchester, New Hampshire.

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"Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo"

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was the first film
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which was written by
Sandler's fellow coworker

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at "Saturday Night Live" Rob Snyder.

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Since then, happy Madison productions

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has produced all of Sandler's
films, among others.

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He is involved with all
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including rewriting some scripts

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to suit his favorite comedy flair.

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Adam Sandler also includes
his family in his productions,

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often making short appearances.

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- You know, I got to do it,

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I do whatever the hell I want.

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- [Man] I know.

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You're Adam Sandler.
- That's what I'm all about,

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man
- You are Adam Sandler.

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- Who could say no to me?
- You do what you want.

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- No one can say no to you.

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- Just my mama.

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- Just your mama.

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- And she does it a lot.

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(gentle music)

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- [Narrator] Although his earliest films

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didn't receive favorable
critical attention,

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in 2002 his starring role
in "Punch Drunk Love"

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was a hit with audiences and
received positive reviews.

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Granting him a Golden Globe nomination.

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in 2004, Sandler starred
alongside Drew Barrymore

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for the much loved romantic
comedy, "50 First Dates."

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The film was originally
written as a drama,

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but once Sandler was on board

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he rewrote the script into a comedy,

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adding in jokes and lighthearted
moments to the storyline.

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Despite some negative articles,

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the film received mostly positive reviews.

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The early 2000s saw Sandler
appear in a variety of films,

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all receiving mixed reviews from critics.

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Many critics knock him for producing

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essentially the same film

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just with slightly different
characters and plot lines.

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His style of jokes has
been called childish

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and many brand him as lazy.

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Knowing what hooks audiences in

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and being unwilling to
change his style of films.

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- [Reporter] What research
did you do for your role?

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- Zero.

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- [Reporter] Nothing?

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- The Sandman would just
wake up, show up on the set.

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They'd throw these tight pants on me.

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I'd stumble out there drunk, throw a ball.

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And then they put me back in my trailer.

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- [Narrator] However,
harsh the critics may be,

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Sandler's confidence
is not knocked by this.

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- [Reporter] Does it matter
what the critics say?

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Do you care about that?

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- You know, it doesn't
matter that much to me.

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I know what they're gonna say every movie.

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They're gonna say they don't like it.

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So it's... we'll be okay.

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I believe in my stuff,
that's important to me.

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And my friends and the
people I make the movies for.

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I like 'em. That's the good news.

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- [Narrator] His family life
also evolved in this time

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with Sandler and his wife, Jackie

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welcoming a daughter, Sadie, in 2006.

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In 2008, Adam Sandler
produced and starred in

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"You Don't Mess With The Zohan,"

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a comedy about a soldier
who fakes his own death

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to pursue his dreams

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of becoming a hairstylist
in New York City.

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- My guy is a soldier.

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He's an Israeli soldier who's
been fighting for many years.

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He has borderline super
powers as a soldier.

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And he's just kinda tired of fighting

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and wants peace in his life,

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and has a secret dream
of wanting to cut hair.

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And he's embarrassed to tell anybody that.

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So anyways, they won't
let him out of the army

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because they need him too much.

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And he decides to fake his own death

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and he goes over to America
and starts cutting hair.

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And he wants to work with Paul Mitchell,

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but he can't get a job there.

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So he starts working at a crappy salon.

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And the salon is owned
by a Palestinian girl.

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And it's kind of a
"West Side Story" thing.

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- They fall for each other,

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but they know that they can't be together.

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- Well, I did think that it was out there,

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but I also kind of laughed and went,

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"You'd be funny doing that."

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And Adam had this idea
about eight years ago,

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and I kept quietly cheerleading this like,

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"You know what you gotta to do next?

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Israeli hairdresser."

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- [Interviewer] so this is
all your fault, basically?

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- Maybe.

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But then when it came down
time to really doing it,

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and they wanted me to play
the Palestinian cab driver,

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I had to work at this one.

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I didn't really relax for a while.

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'Cause it's not just getting the accent

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and speaking, Aramaic.

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I had to learn...

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I mean I had makeup and everything,

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and then just be comfortable in it.

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So it did take some work,

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that honestly took some work this time.

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It was fun, but you know, Adam
got to go on set like that.

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For me, it was like four hours.

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He'd come visit me two hours into makeup.

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And he'd go, "Okay, see
you in two hours." (laughs)

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- I did have an Israeli guy
who used to cut my hair.

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A really nice guy named Yuki.

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And he used to talk,

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I used to ask him questions
about the Israeli army.

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And while he was
discussing the Israeli army

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and machine guns and all this stuff,

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he'd also be combing my hair
and fluffing it up and stuff.

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So I just thought it was funny

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to see a guy talk about macho things

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and have to put conditioner on my head.

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- [Narrator] Sandler
wrote the script in 2000,

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but after the events of 9/11

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the production team
decided to wait a while

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before returning to the project.

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- [Interviewer] 'Cause you do handle

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incredibly sensitively
issues in this film.

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- Yeah. So it came to that.

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You know, I didn't think
that all the way through,

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I called my friends up and said,

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"What do you think of
an Israeli commando guy

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becoming a hairstylist?"

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And we all laughed.

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And then we were writing
the movie, we're like,

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"Oh man, we got to talk
about a lot of heavy stuff,"

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but we try to make it
as funny as possible.

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And also the message at
the end of the movie's

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a pretty obvious thing, it
would be nice if we got along.

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So, we knew eventually we
were getting to a nice message

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just it was ugly to get there.

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- [Interviewer] Some people would say,

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it's not such a good idea to
handle such sensitive issues

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in a comedy format.
- Right, right.

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- [Interviewer] Presumably
you disagree. (giggles)

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- I guess so.

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Maybe if I wasn't in
it, I'd watch it and go,

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"Hey, I hate these guys."

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Because I'm in it,

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I'm going to have to stick
up for it. (chuckles)

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- Did you worry about offending people?

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- Hmm. Yeah.

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Yeah, I did, but I just
thought it was silly enough.

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It's silly, it's approached in a silly way

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and, yeah, there's very serious...

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People who've lost family
to these situations,

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there's no way they're
ever going to laugh at it.

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Yeah, it was on my mind,

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but I just wanted to
make light of a situation

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maybe that can be a way
to at least talk about it.

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- [Narrator] "You Don't
Mess With The Zohan"

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got a pretty weak critical reception,

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with reviews noting it
featured a lot of laughs,

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but eventually the premise wears thin.

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- [Interviewer] Have people
being positive to you about it?

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- Yeah, but that's usually how it goes.

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(interviewer laughs)

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People walk up to me,

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they're not going to jump right on

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why they can't stand my movies.

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Usually they're polite.

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But I think it's getting,

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if anyone has a problem with it,

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that wasn't the intention of it.

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The intention was to make you laugh.

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And also just, I don't know,

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see these Israelis and
Palestinians as people

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and not just saying, "Bad guys, bad guys,"

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people fighting and blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah.

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(upbeat music)

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- [Narrator] The film grossed $38 million

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on its opening weekend

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and Time magazine, and
The Chicago Sun Times

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gave the film three out of four stars.

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2008 also saw the release
of "Bedtime Stories,"

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starring Adam Sandler in
his first real appearance

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in a family oriented film.

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His daughter Sadie made
her first onscreen debut

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in this film, at the tender age of two.

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- He gets to know his nephew
and niece a lot better.

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The stories help him just,
become a child again.

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I think he's a little bitter

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because his dreams aren't coming true.

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And then it brings back the old stories

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that his dad used to tell
him, and that kind of thing.

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- [Narrator] Adam Sandler's company,

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Happy Madison Productions,
teamed up with Gunn Films

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and Walt Disney to produce the film.

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- It's a good time.

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I like kids, they're usually
pretty fun to hang with.

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They make me feel smarter.

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I liked Russell Brand was
a good guy to hang with.

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Keri Russell, a 10, great girl.

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Nothing wrong with this movie.

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- [Narrator] Despite receiving

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generally negative reviews from critics,

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it was a box office success
after earning $212.9 million,

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against its $80 million budget.

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- Yeah, I think it's a nice little escape.

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It's a cool movie.

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It's nice for families,

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and there's enough jokes in
there to make people laugh.

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And I like it a lot.

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- Adam and Jackie Sandler also
welcomed their second child,

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Sonny in 2008.

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- I love my daddy.

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- I love you too.

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You guys are my buddies.

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I love you more than
anything in the world.

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All right, and I just want to say-

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- I love my daddy.

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- Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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All right, you did good.

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- [Narrator] In 2010, Adam Sandler,

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along with his close friends,

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Kevin James, David Spade,
Chris Rock, and Rob Schneider

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all starred in the family
comedy "Grown Ups."

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- [Reporter] Now, you worked
with a cool group of friends,

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people that work on "Saturday Night Live."

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How important for you is it
to work with these people

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on a regular basis?

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- They're the only people
who actually like me,

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that's why I stick around with 'em.

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And I think they feel the same about me.

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Not too many people like any of us.

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- [Reporter] That's not true though.

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- No, it's not, just we do okay.

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- [Narrator] His daughter Sadie
also appeared in this film,

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making it apparent that
Sandler wanted his children

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to accompany him on set.

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- [Interviewer] Are there
other children as well,

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or is it just your guys?

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- I was the only one
who was psychotic enough

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to put my kids in the movie.

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these guys would say,
"Why would I do that?"

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and I was like (mumbles).

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- [Chris] I said, "Why
would you put them in?"

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he goes, "Because they're talented."

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(Adam laughs)

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- [Narrator] The film's plot tells a story

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of five lifelong friends

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who won their high school
basketball championship in 1978.

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They reunite three decades
later for a 4th of July weekend,

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after learning about the sudden death

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of their basketball coach.

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- I just wanted to make a
movie about old friends.

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And I knew that we all were
pretty darn tight in real life,

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that it made sense.

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So it was about just catching up

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and seeing that life
doesn't change that much.

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- [Narrator] Despite receiving

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generally unfavorable
reviews from critics,

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it grossed $271 million

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and led to a sequel,
"Grown Ups 2," in 2013.

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After a mass amount of negative reviews

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linked with his films,

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Sandler began becoming choosy

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about the press interviews he did,

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and which reporters he would speak to,

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leaving some worried he would
be disengaged with his fans.

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At the beginning of 2011,

510
00:22:15.204 --> 00:22:18.060
Adam Sandler was honored
with a Hollywood star

511
00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:20.260
on the Walk of Fame for his career,

512
00:22:20.260 --> 00:22:21.760
in which his films had grossed

513
00:22:21.760 --> 00:22:24.853
more than $3 billion
worldwide at that time.

514
00:22:27.110 --> 00:22:29.650
on February 1st 2011,

515
00:22:29.650 --> 00:22:32.823
the star was unveiled
outside of the W Hotel.

516
00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:38.220
Sandler was shocked, but
honored to receive the star

517
00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:39.310
with his close friends,

518
00:22:39.310 --> 00:22:41.920
Kevin James, and co-star
from "The water Boy,"

519
00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.873
Henry Winkler.

520
00:22:44.490 --> 00:22:47.520
- It is no mistake that
we are standing here

521
00:22:47.520 --> 00:22:49.480
to celebrate Adam.

522
00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.560
- Yes, sir.

523
00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:53.280
- I met Adam on the phone the first time

524
00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:56.580
when I called to say how happy I was

525
00:22:56.580 --> 00:22:58.225
to be in the Hanukkah song.

526
00:22:58.225 --> 00:23:00.590
(crowd laughs)

527
00:23:00.590 --> 00:23:04.520
And the next time we met was
on the set of "The water Boy."

528
00:23:04.520 --> 00:23:05.353
- Yes, sir.

529
00:23:05.353 --> 00:23:07.110
(crowd cheers)

530
00:23:07.110 --> 00:23:08.480
- But the fact of the matter is

531
00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:13.210
that what you don't know is
that this man standing here

532
00:23:13.210 --> 00:23:17.370
is not just a wonderful
son, an incredible husband,

533
00:23:17.370 --> 00:23:21.600
a loving father, a producer,
a writer, and an actor,

534
00:23:21.600 --> 00:23:25.440
and a loyal, loyal friend.

535
00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:30.440
He is also dedicated to the
people that helped him get here,

536
00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.745
his fans.

537
00:23:32.745 --> 00:23:35.328
(crowd cheers)

538
00:23:36.310 --> 00:23:39.440
We are here on Hollywood Boulevard.

539
00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:41.780
We are here where history is made,

540
00:23:41.780 --> 00:23:44.540
because this man, Adam Sandler,

541
00:23:44.540 --> 00:23:48.910
has helped the history in recent times

542
00:23:48.910 --> 00:23:51.340
of Hollywood Boulevard as we know it.

543
00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:53.420
He is part of this history.

544
00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:55.370
He has made history,

545
00:23:55.370 --> 00:23:58.990
and today his star will be cemented

546
00:23:58.990 --> 00:24:01.330
for history forever.

547
00:24:01.330 --> 00:24:03.970
I am proud to know him.

548
00:24:03.970 --> 00:24:07.160
And directly across, this is
(speaks in a foreign language),

549
00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:11.270
which is a Yiddish word,
which means, meant to be.

550
00:24:11.270 --> 00:24:12.760
I love this man.

551
00:24:12.760 --> 00:24:17.085
And my star is directly
across the street from his.

552
00:24:17.085 --> 00:24:18.274
(crowd cheers)

553
00:24:18.274 --> 00:24:20.447
- Right on, Henry.

554
00:24:20.447 --> 00:24:21.920
- Ladies and gentlemen,

555
00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.880
we are here to celebrate

556
00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.730
an unbelievably loving human being,

557
00:24:27.730 --> 00:24:28.845
Adam Sandler.

558
00:24:28.845 --> 00:24:31.320
(crowd cheers)

559
00:24:31.320 --> 00:24:34.610
- I really, my friends who are here today,

560
00:24:34.610 --> 00:24:35.840
I want to thank them so much.

561
00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:37.430
They always back me up a hundred percent

562
00:24:37.430 --> 00:24:40.500
and make sure I accomplish
whatever I set out to do.

563
00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:42.460
It's been a nice, just a great ride.

564
00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:45.810
I started off, I worked
hard as a comedian,

565
00:24:45.810 --> 00:24:47.850
then I got on TV, then I got into movies,

566
00:24:47.850 --> 00:24:50.250
and then I've really been getting to do...

567
00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:52.360
Just so many people come out here

568
00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.500
with the same dreams that I had

569
00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:55.107
and somehow I'm getting to do them

570
00:24:55.107 --> 00:24:56.450
and I really appreciate it.

571
00:24:56.450 --> 00:24:59.230
And then... (laughs)

572
00:24:59.230 --> 00:25:00.063
I love you.

573
00:25:00.063 --> 00:25:00.896
You wanna say something?

574
00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:03.470
Say "Dadda."

575
00:25:03.470 --> 00:25:05.480
Okay, you'll do it later.

576
00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:09.680
So anyways, I want to
thank everybody here.

577
00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:13.200
Sony Pictures has helped me
throughout my whole career too,

578
00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.690
has backed me up.

579
00:25:14.690 --> 00:25:15.523
Thank you to Sony.

580
00:25:15.523 --> 00:25:18.543
I think they even bought this
star for me, so thank you.

581
00:25:18.543 --> 00:25:19.700
- I mean, let's hear it for the man

582
00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:21.460
who employs half this town.

583
00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.643
What do you say, huh?

584
00:25:22.643 --> 00:25:25.226
(crowd cheers)

585
00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:28.200
Really? What a, what a, what
a list of accomplishments.

586
00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:30.880
- That was absolutely incredible, really.

587
00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.713
- I gotta say, though,

588
00:25:31.713 --> 00:25:32.940
a lot of those things you
kind of knew about Adam.

589
00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:34.900
You knew all the movies
he's done and everything.

590
00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.297
I'd like to share with you,

591
00:25:37.270 --> 00:25:39.400
maybe a couple of things
you don't know about Adam,

592
00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.350
that would be good.

593
00:25:41.510 --> 00:25:44.000
Here's one, we not only
share a deep friendship

594
00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:46.420
and a great working relationship,

595
00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:48.703
we also share the same plastic surgeon.

596
00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:51.090
Well, now people need to understand,

597
00:25:51.090 --> 00:25:53.150
when your face is your fortune,

598
00:25:53.150 --> 00:25:54.950
you do whatever it takes to stay on top.

599
00:25:54.950 --> 00:25:57.870
Adam, I want to thank
you for introducing me

600
00:25:57.870 --> 00:25:58.957
to Dr. Manboobian

601
00:25:58.957 --> 00:26:03.750
and all the fine people over
at Beverly Hills Rejuvenation,

602
00:26:03.750 --> 00:26:06.230
thank you, it's been a wonderful ride.

603
00:26:06.230 --> 00:26:08.350
It's been a wonderful ride.

604
00:26:08.350 --> 00:26:10.040
Here are some other tidbits about Adam

605
00:26:10.040 --> 00:26:11.910
that you may not know.

606
00:26:11.910 --> 00:26:13.090
His middle name is Richard.

607
00:26:13.090 --> 00:26:14.747
I think a lot of people
actually knew that, right?

608
00:26:14.747 --> 00:26:15.620
- No, I don't know.
- Did he say that?

609
00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.930
Did he say that his
middle name is Richard?

610
00:26:16.930 --> 00:26:19.474
He's got two beautiful
daughters, you knew that.

611
00:26:19.474 --> 00:26:21.270
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, well behaved.

612
00:26:21.270 --> 00:26:22.103
- Oh, here's one.

613
00:26:22.103 --> 00:26:24.230
Adam is a huge star, I mean, he is huge,

614
00:26:24.230 --> 00:26:28.240
and he's on a first name
basis with people like Sting,

615
00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.560
Bono,

616
00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.502
and Oprah.

617
00:26:30.502 --> 00:26:32.100
(crowd laughs)

618
00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:32.933
I didn't know this.

619
00:26:32.933 --> 00:26:35.597
He created the game show, "Tic Tac Dough."

620
00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:39.520
He also created the five second rule

621
00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:42.420
for when you drop food on the
floor, but can still eat it.

622
00:26:43.280 --> 00:26:44.113
Thank you.

623
00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:48.350
- Well, if my words fall short, know this,

624
00:26:48.350 --> 00:26:50.580
there is no greater tribute I can pay you

625
00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:52.813
than the fact that I am wearing slacks.

626
00:26:53.710 --> 00:26:57.540
I don't wear slacks for anyone
except the people I love.

627
00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.984
And court appearances.

628
00:26:58.984 --> 00:26:59.817
(crowd laughs)

629
00:26:59.817 --> 00:27:00.977
Adam, I love you, buddy.

630
00:27:00.977 --> 00:27:01.810
- I love you.

631
00:27:01.810 --> 00:27:05.153
(crowd cheers)

632
00:27:05.153 --> 00:27:10.153
- This is a big deal.
I really feel honored.

633
00:27:11.030 --> 00:27:13.380
I can't believe this happened in my life.

634
00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:16.340
I did come out here when I was very young.

635
00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:18.470
I was a kid, I was growing up.

636
00:27:18.470 --> 00:27:19.820
I had an amazing mom.

637
00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:22.530
I had an amazing dad,
brothers and sisters.

638
00:27:22.530 --> 00:27:24.270
My brother and my two sisters.

639
00:27:24.270 --> 00:27:27.000
All they ever did was make me
feel like I'm good at things.

640
00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:29.750
And even when I was terrible
at things, they were like,

641
00:27:30.687 --> 00:27:32.710
"You're so remarkable,
Adam, you're great."

642
00:27:32.710 --> 00:27:34.367
Anything I did, I sang in the car,

643
00:27:34.367 --> 00:27:36.860
"What a great singer. You're so funny."

644
00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:40.563
Just, they instilled me with confidence.

645
00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:45.050
So much so that I thought I
could be a pro baseball player

646
00:27:45.050 --> 00:27:47.880
until my father said, "You're too slow."

647
00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:49.620
But that was when I was 11.

648
00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:52.850
Then I had to just go, "All
right, maybe a comedian."

649
00:27:52.850 --> 00:27:56.036
But I love my family very much.

650
00:27:56.036 --> 00:27:58.540
And they made it a point,

651
00:27:58.540 --> 00:28:00.500
the whole family was
always about our family.

652
00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.920
My parents always made me feel

653
00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:05.180
very like there was nothing else,

654
00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:07.170
but me and my brother and two sisters.

655
00:28:07.170 --> 00:28:09.060
So I just wanted to thank my mom,

656
00:28:09.060 --> 00:28:12.260
and my father, who's
watching down I'm sure.

657
00:28:12.260 --> 00:28:14.141
He'd be very excited about this.

658
00:28:14.141 --> 00:28:15.060
(crowd cheers)

659
00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:16.580
I love you. I love you guys.

660
00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.413
I love you, Val.

661
00:28:17.413 --> 00:28:20.300
Love my sister at home, Liz, and Scott.

662
00:28:20.300 --> 00:28:25.150
And all their kids, Tyler,
Jared, Victoria, Jillian.

663
00:28:25.150 --> 00:28:26.390
They're all smart kids.

664
00:28:26.390 --> 00:28:27.950
And, I gotta say,

665
00:28:27.950 --> 00:28:30.220
one of the greatest things
that's ever happened to me,

666
00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.083
coming out to Hollywood,

667
00:28:34.763 --> 00:28:36.070
setting out to do what I'm doing,

668
00:28:36.070 --> 00:28:37.830
I got to meet my wife.

669
00:28:37.830 --> 00:28:39.260
You hear me, my wife?

670
00:28:39.260 --> 00:28:41.740
I got to meet my wife,
who I love very much.

671
00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.350
If I wasn't pursuing this career,

672
00:28:43.350 --> 00:28:44.760
I wouldn't be out here,
I wouldn't have met her,

673
00:28:44.760 --> 00:28:46.170
I wouldn't have had these great kids.

674
00:28:46.170 --> 00:28:48.660
I wouldn't have felt as good as I feel

675
00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.580
about my life every day.

676
00:28:49.580 --> 00:28:51.000
I do love her very much.

677
00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:53.534
I love that my kids are
not hearing a word of this.

678
00:28:53.534 --> 00:28:56.284
(romantic music)

679
00:29:32.426 --> 00:29:34.300
- [Narrator] 2011 had Adam Sandler

680
00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:36.530
working with close
friend Jennifer Anniston

681
00:29:36.530 --> 00:29:38.893
on a film called, "Just Go With It."

682
00:29:38.893 --> 00:29:41.200
A romantic comedy which, once again,

683
00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.530
couldn't win over critics,

684
00:29:42.530 --> 00:29:44.203
but was adored by fans.

685
00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:47.280
- I, I wear this fake wedding ring.

686
00:29:47.280 --> 00:29:48.253
- You're a pig.

687
00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:51.460
- Just tell her you're getting a divorce.

688
00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.293
- It's over.

689
00:29:52.293 --> 00:29:54.780
I'm gonna sign the papers
in a couple of days and-

690
00:29:54.780 --> 00:29:56.480
- Okay, I just need to hear it from her.

691
00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.800
- You wanna, w-what do you mean?

692
00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.850
- I need to meet her.

693
00:29:58.850 --> 00:30:02.043
- How 'bout if she texts
you, would that be good?

694
00:30:02.043 --> 00:30:04.180
- I cannot believe I'm doing this.

695
00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:06.680
- I want to create the illusion
I had a hot first wife,

696
00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:07.513
not this.

697
00:30:07.513 --> 00:30:08.903
- Okay, come on, let's go.

698
00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.010
- Is that her?

699
00:30:12.010 --> 00:30:13.290
- Hello, boring.

700
00:30:13.290 --> 00:30:14.140
- Why you wearing that?

701
00:30:14.140 --> 00:30:15.883
- I'm just, uh, playing the part.

702
00:30:17.610 --> 00:30:19.140
- [Narrator] Also in 2011,

703
00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:21.370
Sandler starred in "Jack and Jill,"

704
00:30:21.370 --> 00:30:24.050
a comedy film in which he
played both starring roles

705
00:30:24.050 --> 00:30:26.573
of Jack and his annoying
twin sister, Jill.

706
00:30:28.377 --> 00:30:30.670
"Jack and Jill" is
considered by some critics

707
00:30:30.670 --> 00:30:33.600
to be the worst film made by Adam Sandler.

708
00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:35.030
However, once again,

709
00:30:35.030 --> 00:30:37.910
audiences turned out to
see the movie in theaters,

710
00:30:37.910 --> 00:30:42.910
earning it $149 million
against its $79 million budget.

711
00:30:47.488 --> 00:30:50.071
(gentle music)

712
00:30:51.310 --> 00:30:54.640
2012 saw Adam Sandler
spend some time off screen

713
00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.770
when he voiced a character

714
00:30:55.770 --> 00:30:58.407
for the animated film
"Hotel Transylvania."

715
00:31:02.870 --> 00:31:05.110
Sandler also got his
youngest daughter, Sonny,

716
00:31:05.110 --> 00:31:07.450
a voiceover role in the film.

717
00:31:07.450 --> 00:31:08.420
- [Interviewer] No, you know,

718
00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:10.790
you always sort of have the
same cast of characters,

719
00:31:10.790 --> 00:31:12.700
whether it's in your films,
now in animated films,

720
00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.710
what is it about these guys

721
00:31:13.710 --> 00:31:15.680
that just makes you always
wanna work with them,

722
00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.030
Continue to work with them?

723
00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:19.800
- They're just very funny guys.

724
00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:21.520
I just love being around 'em,

725
00:31:21.520 --> 00:31:23.727
and we have a good time together.

726
00:31:23.727 --> 00:31:24.905
- [Interviewer] And what was the best part

727
00:31:24.905 --> 00:31:26.970
of working on this animated film?

728
00:31:26.970 --> 00:31:28.290
I know you're not in front of the camera.

729
00:31:28.290 --> 00:31:30.760
- Listen, yeah, we worked hard.

730
00:31:30.760 --> 00:31:33.770
Me and my friends worked
with this guy, Genndy,

731
00:31:33.770 --> 00:31:35.663
for about a year and a half or two.

732
00:31:36.570 --> 00:31:37.610
It took a lot of our time,

733
00:31:37.610 --> 00:31:39.500
but just knowing that my kids

734
00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.700
were going to have a good time watching.

735
00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:42.447
That's all that was exciting to me.

736
00:31:42.447 --> 00:31:43.820
- [Interviewer] Now, you and Adam

737
00:31:43.820 --> 00:31:45.360
are no stranger to working together.

738
00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:47.080
What is it about the partnership

739
00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:49.800
that continues to make you
guys wanna collaborate,

740
00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:52.080
whether it's on film or
these animated projects?

741
00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:53.160
- He makes me laugh, you know what I mean?

742
00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.993
We just laugh.

743
00:31:53.993 --> 00:31:54.980
We laugh together all the time.

744
00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.823
We have a great relationship.

745
00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.980
We just click, our families get together.

746
00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:01.640
We have the same sensibility.

747
00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:05.020
And I'm always honored
to do stuff with him,

748
00:32:05.020 --> 00:32:05.853
and wanna work with him.

749
00:32:05.853 --> 00:32:10.580
So, when he thinks of me to
put me in any of his movies,

750
00:32:10.580 --> 00:32:12.690
I'm thrilled and it's great.

751
00:32:12.690 --> 00:32:13.970
You know you're going to feel comfortable,

752
00:32:13.970 --> 00:32:15.730
it's like seeing your family again

753
00:32:15.730 --> 00:32:16.563
and working with your family.

754
00:32:16.563 --> 00:32:20.023
So you can mess up, you can
have fun, you can try stuff.

755
00:32:21.630 --> 00:32:23.410
- [Narrator] The children's
movie was popular enough

756
00:32:23.410 --> 00:32:27.750
to earn two more sequels,
in 2015 and 2018,

757
00:32:27.750 --> 00:32:31.098
in which Sandler reprised
his role as count Dracula.

758
00:32:31.098 --> 00:32:33.200
(upbeat music)

759
00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:35.690
The Sequel to Sandler's
own film, "Grown Ups"

760
00:32:35.690 --> 00:32:37.600
premiered in 2013,

761
00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:40.340
with critics calling it unnecessary.

762
00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:42.530
However, at this point in his career,

763
00:32:42.530 --> 00:32:45.780
Sandler was used to the negative
backlash towards his films

764
00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:47.693
and was not phased by the reports.

765
00:32:54.270 --> 00:32:58.330
Sandler's 2014 film "Blended"
saw his third collaboration

766
00:32:58.330 --> 00:33:00.470
with actress Drew Barrymore.

767
00:33:00.470 --> 00:33:03.580
The romantic comedy revolves
around Sandler and Barrymore

768
00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:06.280
finding themselves together
at a holiday resort

769
00:33:06.280 --> 00:33:08.470
after an unsuccessful blind date,

770
00:33:08.470 --> 00:33:10.330
where the attraction between them grows,

771
00:33:10.330 --> 00:33:13.080
and their kids, benefit from
the blooming relationship.

772
00:33:15.297 --> 00:33:17.598
- Hello everybody.

773
00:33:17.598 --> 00:33:19.348
- [Brendan] This is very cool, Mom.

774
00:33:20.760 --> 00:33:22.030
What the fudge is he doing here?

775
00:33:22.030 --> 00:33:23.780
- Is this a sick dream?

776
00:33:23.780 --> 00:33:24.980
- Do I have a new mommy?

777
00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:29.180
- Isn't this place fantastic? So romantic.

778
00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.330
- We are not dating.

779
00:33:30.330 --> 00:33:31.830
- My mom is frigging hot.

780
00:33:31.830 --> 00:33:33.980
- Ew.
- No, not hot.

781
00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.353
- That's just wrong.

782
00:33:36.668 --> 00:33:38.731
- This is so pretty.

783
00:33:38.731 --> 00:33:40.200
Wow.

784
00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.110
- Oh.

785
00:33:41.110 --> 00:33:42.530
We're out of gas!

786
00:33:42.530 --> 00:33:43.363
- What?

787
00:33:43.363 --> 00:33:44.196
- Start.

788
00:33:44.196 --> 00:33:45.029
- [Narrator] Although the film

789
00:33:45.029 --> 00:33:46.810
received mainly negative reviews,

790
00:33:46.810 --> 00:33:49.320
the positive support from
fans earned the movie

791
00:33:49.320 --> 00:33:51.390
mixed ratings across platforms

792
00:33:51.390 --> 00:33:53.560
and made it a box office success.

793
00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.760
Based on the amount of films

794
00:33:58.760 --> 00:34:01.150
Happy Madison Productions has produced.

795
00:34:01.150 --> 00:34:04.670
Adam Sandler was offered a
deal with Netflix in 2014

796
00:34:04.670 --> 00:34:08.200
to write and produce films
for the streaming platform.

797
00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:09.240
- [Journalist] I want to know,

798
00:34:09.240 --> 00:34:14.240
why did you decide to have
this close relationship

799
00:34:14.254 --> 00:34:18.269
with Netflix, and how
is working with them?

800
00:34:18.269 --> 00:34:19.770
- They've been great to me.

801
00:34:19.770 --> 00:34:20.603
And they've

802
00:34:21.950 --> 00:34:26.030
just allowed me to be

803
00:34:26.030 --> 00:34:27.660
free creatively.

804
00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:31.345
And it was just really close

805
00:34:31.345 --> 00:34:34.557
with Ted Sarandos

806
00:34:34.557 --> 00:34:35.480
and the whole team.

807
00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:38.163
It's an exciting place
to be right now for me,

808
00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:45.690
the enthusiasm is gigantic.

809
00:34:45.690 --> 00:34:49.370
- [Narrator] His first
Netflix release came in 2015,

810
00:34:49.370 --> 00:34:52.440
the western comedy, "The Ridiculous Six."

811
00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:54.550
Though the movie was
panned by the critics,

812
00:34:54.550 --> 00:34:56.480
Netflix said that the movie had received

813
00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.030
an impressive number of views

814
00:34:58.030 --> 00:35:01.200
within the first 30 days of its release.

815
00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:03.820
Sandler went on to
produce five more movies

816
00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.370
for the streaming giant,

817
00:35:05.370 --> 00:35:09.130
such as "The Do-Over" and "Sandy Wexler."

818
00:35:09.130 --> 00:35:13.450
His film, "The Meyerowitz
Stories," released in 2017,

819
00:35:13.450 --> 00:35:15.640
received positive reviews.

820
00:35:15.640 --> 00:35:19.270
- We both had, and Ben,
and Elizabeth Marvel,

821
00:35:19.270 --> 00:35:21.740
and everybody in the
movie has amazing dialog.

822
00:35:21.740 --> 00:35:23.903
And Noah Baumbach,

823
00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:28.980
his other movies are insane, I love 'em.

824
00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:33.780
And then he sent this script,
and I think it was unanimous,

825
00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:35.810
except for this guy,
we had to win him over.

826
00:35:35.810 --> 00:35:39.540
We were all pretty away with
just the story and the words.

827
00:35:39.540 --> 00:35:42.470
- From watching what
Ben and Noah have done,

828
00:35:42.470 --> 00:35:44.513
I was excited no matter what,

829
00:35:45.430 --> 00:35:46.970
because I loved those movies.

830
00:35:46.970 --> 00:35:50.295
But the fact that he wrote this script,

831
00:35:50.295 --> 00:35:52.960
and what all our characters did,

832
00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.643
and what the story was.

833
00:35:56.510 --> 00:35:58.530
That wasn't why I wanted
to work with them,

834
00:35:58.530 --> 00:36:00.750
the fact that it ended up being this movie

835
00:36:00.750 --> 00:36:03.010
was quite a bonus,

836
00:36:03.010 --> 00:36:05.320
how great I thought that script was

837
00:36:05.320 --> 00:36:07.530
and getting to see Noah shoot

838
00:36:07.530 --> 00:36:09.940
and being a part of it.

839
00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:13.013
- They're just such terrific actors.

840
00:36:16.220 --> 00:36:17.930
I think in some ways,

841
00:36:17.930 --> 00:36:18.840
because they both,

842
00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:21.770
they gave over so strongly
to both their characters,

843
00:36:21.770 --> 00:36:24.320
it creates a kind of intimacy

844
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.780
that you feel when you watch the movie.

845
00:36:27.780 --> 00:36:28.900
I think it also doesn't hurt

846
00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:31.020
that they've known each other a long time

847
00:36:31.020 --> 00:36:32.440
and never really worked together.

848
00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:34.020
They did a small thing in Happy Gilmore,

849
00:36:34.020 --> 00:36:38.220
but this is their first movie

850
00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:40.350
where they're really both
in it for the whole thing.

851
00:36:40.350 --> 00:36:43.250
And I think there was something
exciting for them too.

852
00:36:43.250 --> 00:36:47.500
And I think they saw it as a challenge

853
00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:51.900
that they wanted to do great work.

854
00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:55.910
- I would say that the
dad's... Your character,

855
00:36:55.910 --> 00:36:56.743
- I'm whooping you.

856
00:36:56.743 --> 00:36:57.800
- You are. You are, for sure.

857
00:36:57.800 --> 00:36:59.240
- You're definitely getting in the way.

858
00:36:59.240 --> 00:37:00.740
You're trying to ruin what I have.

859
00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.600
Well, I'm just trying-

860
00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:02.750
- Butting in.

861
00:37:02.750 --> 00:37:04.620
- I mean, I do feel it's interesting,

862
00:37:04.620 --> 00:37:06.930
both characters have their own

863
00:37:08.750 --> 00:37:10.390
things that they need to...

864
00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.450
I don't know, they have to grow,

865
00:37:12.450 --> 00:37:13.710
they both have to grow, right?

866
00:37:13.710 --> 00:37:18.120
And you have dedicated
yourself to your daughter,

867
00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:21.250
but in a way, they're
things that you've sub...

868
00:37:21.250 --> 00:37:22.199
- Yeah.
- What is it, sub?

869
00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:24.109
- Scared of.
- Jugated, or something.

870
00:37:24.109 --> 00:37:25.361
- Yeah.
- Yeah.

871
00:37:25.361 --> 00:37:29.020
So I feel like, I mean,
you can make money,

872
00:37:29.020 --> 00:37:30.441
it doesn't make you a success.

873
00:37:30.441 --> 00:37:31.274
- Oh no.

874
00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:36.520
- I think, being content in your life

875
00:37:36.520 --> 00:37:38.860
or feeling good about
yourself as a person, or-

876
00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:40.137
- Does anybody really feel that?

877
00:37:40.137 --> 00:37:40.970
I got to get to that.

878
00:37:40.970 --> 00:37:42.110
- This is getting so deep.

879
00:37:42.110 --> 00:37:42.943
- Loved it.

880
00:37:42.943 --> 00:37:45.070
I mean, me and Ben,
know each other forever,

881
00:37:45.070 --> 00:37:48.680
and it's been a very long
time since we worked together.

882
00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:50.570
This was great to see him everyday,

883
00:37:50.570 --> 00:37:52.460
and do hard work with him.

884
00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:54.130
And we both loved the script so much.

885
00:37:54.130 --> 00:37:55.920
We didn't want to let Noah down,

886
00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:59.373
but we both feel the same
about being with Hoffman.

887
00:38:00.746 --> 00:38:01.579
It's an honor.

888
00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:04.100
And it's something as a
kid you would not believe,

889
00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:06.550
that one day you'd be
making movies with that guy

890
00:38:06.550 --> 00:38:10.580
who is one of the best,

891
00:38:10.580 --> 00:38:11.780
if not the best.

892
00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.613
- I mean, Dustin,

893
00:38:12.613 --> 00:38:14.590
I'd walk over broken glass
to work with any time,

894
00:38:14.590 --> 00:38:16.030
'cause we're sort of joined at the hip

895
00:38:16.030 --> 00:38:17.010
and this is our third time.

896
00:38:17.010 --> 00:38:18.760
So that was heaven.

897
00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:21.860
Adam and Ben were a joy to work with,

898
00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:24.490
because they were slightly
out of their comfort zone.

899
00:38:24.490 --> 00:38:26.360
So they were doing serious roles.

900
00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:30.083
And I was an outsider,
and playing an outsider.

901
00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:32.830
- [Narrator] The comedy drama was released

902
00:38:32.830 --> 00:38:36.020
in select theaters and on
Netflix in October of that year.

903
00:38:36.020 --> 00:38:38.170
And follows a group of
dysfunctional siblings

904
00:38:38.170 --> 00:38:40.420
trying to live in the
shadow of their father.

905
00:38:42.020 --> 00:38:43.380
- Well, the interesting thing I think

906
00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:47.370
is that we all love each other very much

907
00:38:47.370 --> 00:38:49.469
and we can't stand being with each other.

908
00:38:49.469 --> 00:38:50.820
(reporter laughs)

909
00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.861
- Yes, yes.

910
00:38:51.861 --> 00:38:52.794
(reporter) - and that's real life.

911
00:38:52.794 --> 00:38:53.627
- Yes.

912
00:38:53.627 --> 00:38:57.120
- "It's what you do," is what
my sister in the movie says.

913
00:38:57.120 --> 00:39:00.710
It's something like, "Dad's
so mean and blah, blah, blah.

914
00:39:00.710 --> 00:39:03.377
And he never treats you right,
why are you here right now?"

915
00:39:03.377 --> 00:39:05.003
And she's like, "It's what you do."

916
00:39:05.003 --> 00:39:06.980
It's what you do as a kid,

917
00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.070
what you do as a parent,

918
00:39:08.070 --> 00:39:13.070
even when there's something
that's not clicking,

919
00:39:13.090 --> 00:39:15.050
you're always trying to make it work.

920
00:39:15.977 --> 00:39:18.320
- [Woman] Are you Harold
Meyerowitz's son, Matthew?"

921
00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:19.297
- Yes.

922
00:39:19.297 --> 00:39:22.740
- And this is Danny, also
Harold Meyerowitz's son.

923
00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:24.400
- I didn't realize he had two sons.

924
00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:25.233
- And a daughter

925
00:39:28.090 --> 00:39:29.140
- Dad, it'll be okay here.

926
00:39:29.140 --> 00:39:30.936
- It'll be nice to spend time with Dad.

927
00:39:30.936 --> 00:39:32.805
You know, I didn't get a lot
of time with him growing up.

928
00:39:32.805 --> 00:39:33.999
- Son of a bitch.

929
00:39:33.999 --> 00:39:34.832
(cue cracks)

930
00:39:34.832 --> 00:39:38.549
♪ Well, once we had an easy
ride and always felt the same ♪

931
00:39:38.549 --> 00:39:40.299
- Dad, what the fuck?

932
00:39:41.430 --> 00:39:43.820
- [Reporter] This film
has a real all-star cast.

933
00:39:43.820 --> 00:39:46.537
It's not just you two, it's
Emma Thompson, it's Ben Stiller.

934
00:39:46.537 --> 00:39:47.410
- Yes.

935
00:39:47.410 --> 00:39:48.243
- [Reporter] That must have been

936
00:39:48.243 --> 00:39:50.210
just so much fun to film, right?

937
00:39:50.210 --> 00:39:51.043
- Oh yeah.
- Yes.

938
00:39:51.043 --> 00:39:52.967
But we would have preferred
it if it was just us.

939
00:39:52.967 --> 00:39:53.960
(Adam laughs)

940
00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:55.210
- They just kept showing up.

941
00:39:55.210 --> 00:39:57.380
And I was like, "Just put a camera on them

942
00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:59.280
and let them do their thing."

943
00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:01.034
- They hadn't worked in a long time.

944
00:40:01.034 --> 00:40:02.970
(they laugh)

945
00:40:02.970 --> 00:40:07.570
- It was just luck that this
guy wrote an amazing movie

946
00:40:07.570 --> 00:40:11.240
and handed it to me and said,
"Would you like to be in it?"

947
00:40:11.240 --> 00:40:12.873
That was the best part of it.

948
00:40:14.120 --> 00:40:16.240
I read it and knew it was a great movie

949
00:40:16.240 --> 00:40:20.170
and just didn't wanna let Noah down,

950
00:40:20.170 --> 00:40:21.660
and worked hard,

951
00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.993
and that's it.

952
00:40:25.291 --> 00:40:26.124
- As we were saying,

953
00:40:26.124 --> 00:40:29.020
we all prepared a lot and talked a lot,

954
00:40:29.020 --> 00:40:30.573
and as a director,

955
00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:35.633
in many ways,

956
00:40:37.280 --> 00:40:39.440
part of your job is to see the actor

957
00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:41.810
and see what they're
doing and help guide them.

958
00:40:41.810 --> 00:40:46.810
But with the best actors there's
this other thing going on

959
00:40:47.290 --> 00:40:49.070
that is out of your control,

960
00:40:49.070 --> 00:40:51.430
in the best possible way,

961
00:40:51.430 --> 00:40:54.210
because they're they're drawing
something from inside them

962
00:40:54.210 --> 00:40:55.530
that's a mystery.

963
00:40:55.530 --> 00:40:59.080
And it might even be a mystery
to them in some way too.

964
00:40:59.080 --> 00:41:03.033
But Adam connected to something
very deeply in this guy,

965
00:41:04.190 --> 00:41:06.920
it's something we haven't
even talked about that much,

966
00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:11.564
but I would marvel throughout the shoot

967
00:41:11.564 --> 00:41:16.564
at just how true and unacted it seemed.

968
00:41:18.976 --> 00:41:21.593
It was behavior, and it was deep.

969
00:41:24.441 --> 00:41:25.893
It was very moving to me.

970
00:41:27.810 --> 00:41:32.810
- When we started the film, and
I was doing stuff with Adam.

971
00:41:35.100 --> 00:41:38.350
And also there were things he
was doing with other people,

972
00:41:38.350 --> 00:41:41.543
but I happen to be on the
set, and I observed it,

973
00:41:44.710 --> 00:41:47.200
Noah uses the word deep.

974
00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:50.533
And I think what that means is,

975
00:41:52.580 --> 00:41:54.180
this is my personal feeling,

976
00:41:54.180 --> 00:41:59.180
I don't think actors should
play parts unless they're in it.

977
00:41:59.910 --> 00:42:03.297
Otherwise it looks like
they're performing a part.

978
00:42:03.297 --> 00:42:06.680
"Oh, well so, and so is an
asshole, but I'm not an asshole,

979
00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:08.890
so I'll just perform an asshole.

980
00:42:08.890 --> 00:42:11.080
I'll just get a few people in my head

981
00:42:11.080 --> 00:42:13.690
that I know are real
people that are assholes,

982
00:42:13.690 --> 00:42:15.880
and I'll just do that."

983
00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:18.663
I think we have the
asshole in us, all of us.

984
00:42:22.130 --> 00:42:25.220
And it's up to us to enlarge on that.

985
00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:27.800
And I thought what Adam was doing,

986
00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:30.410
'cause I couldn't put it into words,

987
00:42:30.410 --> 00:42:32.040
I agree with Noah,

988
00:42:32.040 --> 00:42:35.290
there was something about him
that I had not seen before.

989
00:42:35.290 --> 00:42:38.893
And I know him and I had
done another film with him.

990
00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:42.507
And I went home and I
said to my wife, I said,

991
00:42:42.507 --> 00:42:47.500
"I think Adam has hit a part of himself

992
00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:51.200
in which he would be

993
00:42:53.240 --> 00:42:58.240
the person that didn't make it."

994
00:42:59.370 --> 00:43:04.370
And that's as close as
you can get to the bone.

995
00:43:04.570 --> 00:43:09.320
And I thought that's what
Adam was doing, to hit that.

996
00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:11.413
'Cause we can, we all can.

997
00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:16.620
- [Narrator] Adam Sandler
was especially singled out

998
00:43:16.620 --> 00:43:17.920
for praise by critics,

999
00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.400
which was a breath of
fresh air for the actor,

1000
00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:23.370
considering his past negative reviews.

1001
00:43:23.370 --> 00:43:25.800
The film was shown at
the Cannes Film Festival,

1002
00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:27.300
but sparked controversy,

1003
00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:29.770
as it was a film made for online streaming

1004
00:43:29.770 --> 00:43:31.600
and not the big screen.

1005
00:43:31.600 --> 00:43:32.920
- [Reporter] But it caused
a bit of controversy

1006
00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.753
in Cannes, right?

1007
00:43:33.753 --> 00:43:36.810
The Netflix logo was booed
in one of the screenings.

1008
00:43:36.810 --> 00:43:37.890
Were you surprised by that?

1009
00:43:37.890 --> 00:43:39.433
- But it wasn't our film.

1010
00:43:40.511 --> 00:43:42.430
- It took a minute to get used to there.

1011
00:43:42.430 --> 00:43:45.020
It got some noise the first night.

1012
00:43:45.020 --> 00:43:48.310
And then the movie was such a
great movie, people relaxed.

1013
00:43:48.310 --> 00:43:50.777
And then ours came up and they
were a little calmer with it.

1014
00:43:50.777 --> 00:43:52.787
And we were glad they calmed down.

1015
00:43:52.787 --> 00:43:55.230
- We got a five minute standing ovation.

1016
00:43:55.230 --> 00:43:56.063
- Yeah
- Yes.

1017
00:43:56.063 --> 00:43:57.197
- [Reporter] It is a great film.

1018
00:43:57.197 --> 00:43:58.360
- You heard that? Did you hear that?

1019
00:43:58.360 --> 00:43:59.500
- Yes.
- I did hear

1020
00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.522
about the standing ovation afterwards.

1021
00:44:00.522 --> 00:44:02.558
- Say six minutes then,
it sounds a little...

1022
00:44:02.558 --> 00:44:05.770
- it was a six and a half
minute standing ovation.

1023
00:44:05.770 --> 00:44:06.717
- Felt good, standing that long.

1024
00:44:06.717 --> 00:44:08.373
It was good for the calves.

1025
00:44:12.160 --> 00:44:13.740
- [Narrator] In 2019,

1026
00:44:13.740 --> 00:44:17.300
Adam Sandler produced "Uncut
Gems" and "Murder Mystery"

1027
00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:19.333
for streaming giant Netflix.

1028
00:44:20.524 --> 00:44:22.074
- Do you know how that makes me feel?

1029
00:44:22.074 --> 00:44:23.215
- Never resurface anything.
- You think your life

1030
00:44:23.215 --> 00:44:24.228
is more important than mine?

1031
00:44:24.228 --> 00:44:25.528
- I don't know who said that.

1032
00:44:25.528 --> 00:44:27.450
(dramatic music)

1033
00:44:27.450 --> 00:44:30.210
- [Howard] I told you about
how things were gonna go.

1034
00:44:30.210 --> 00:44:32.110
You like the way things are going now?

1035
00:44:33.450 --> 00:44:34.850
- [Howard] That's my family.

1036
00:44:35.937 --> 00:44:37.483
Get the kids out of the house.

1037
00:44:40.390 --> 00:44:42.380
- You having a good time.

1038
00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:43.213
- Yes.

1039
00:44:44.737 --> 00:44:47.389
- This was like a 10 year project.

1040
00:44:47.389 --> 00:44:49.197
But the impetus originally,

1041
00:44:49.197 --> 00:44:52.270
the original impetus was inspired

1042
00:44:52.270 --> 00:44:54.270
by our dad's time working
in the diamond district.

1043
00:44:54.270 --> 00:44:58.003
And his stories that he would tell,

1044
00:44:58.003 --> 00:45:00.325
you'd always be on the edge of
your seat, listening to him.

1045
00:45:00.325 --> 00:45:01.440
Like, "Well, what did you do next?

1046
00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.640
What did you do then?

1047
00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:04.500
What do you mean, they poked your tire?

1048
00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.717
You knew they were following
you so you didn't pull over?"

1049
00:45:05.717 --> 00:45:07.300
He was like, "I couldn't pull over,

1050
00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:08.320
They were going to kill me."

1051
00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:11.820
So it's like the stories
kept you on the edge,

1052
00:45:11.820 --> 00:45:13.650
but there were also
comedic and ridiculous.

1053
00:45:13.650 --> 00:45:15.397
Like, "They did that?"

1054
00:45:17.060 --> 00:45:18.820
Then you start doing the
research in the diamond district

1055
00:45:18.820 --> 00:45:21.250
and there's this energy there,
in the diamond district,

1056
00:45:21.250 --> 00:45:23.400
where it's just the people
have gamble, on top of gamble,

1057
00:45:23.400 --> 00:45:24.233
on top of gamble.

1058
00:45:24.233 --> 00:45:26.000
And there's seven different
things happening at once.

1059
00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:27.120
And you're trying to
pay attention and all,

1060
00:45:27.120 --> 00:45:28.710
but it's just, it's alive.

1061
00:45:28.710 --> 00:45:29.657
You know what I mean?

1062
00:45:29.657 --> 00:45:33.110
- And the myth of this Howard character,

1063
00:45:33.110 --> 00:45:35.470
was something that it's kind of incredible

1064
00:45:35.470 --> 00:45:38.445
to see him exist now in this new universe.

1065
00:45:38.445 --> 00:45:41.890
- So I do think that we knew

1066
00:45:41.890 --> 00:45:43.660
that we wanted to do a thriller.

1067
00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:45.853
We knew that it was
going to be a thriller,

1068
00:45:46.745 --> 00:45:50.080
and I like the idea of
form following function.

1069
00:45:50.080 --> 00:45:52.190
So if you're going to tell a thriller,

1070
00:45:52.190 --> 00:45:53.040
it better be thrilling.

1071
00:45:53.040 --> 00:45:56.350
And how much more thrilling
could we have made this movie?

1072
00:45:56.350 --> 00:45:58.860
- Being Howard Ratner was a good feeling.

1073
00:45:58.860 --> 00:46:00.730
It was fun going through
what he went through

1074
00:46:00.730 --> 00:46:04.410
and diving in with him
and trying to be that guy.

1075
00:46:04.410 --> 00:46:06.430
And I loved it.

1076
00:46:06.430 --> 00:46:09.090
- Sandler such a unique person.

1077
00:46:09.090 --> 00:46:13.520
And it's great when you meet
a star and they are unique,

1078
00:46:13.520 --> 00:46:14.353
you know what I mean?

1079
00:46:14.353 --> 00:46:18.580
And he's unique because he's so himself,

1080
00:46:18.580 --> 00:46:19.413
you know what I mean?

1081
00:46:19.413 --> 00:46:23.154
And he's so grounded, and
he's such a good person.

1082
00:46:23.154 --> 00:46:27.840
But he's also, again, nuts,
in the greatest way possible,

1083
00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:28.890
you know what I mean?

1084
00:46:31.020 --> 00:46:34.770
His humor is amazingly
strange and I loved it.

1085
00:46:34.770 --> 00:46:36.050
We've loved it forever.

1086
00:46:36.050 --> 00:46:37.533
Forever, since we were little kids,

1087
00:46:37.533 --> 00:46:39.540
that was the first thing we learned from,

1088
00:46:39.540 --> 00:46:40.373
was through his humor.

1089
00:46:40.373 --> 00:46:44.460
And then of course the movies
are just these iconic things.

1090
00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:49.460
But I think that getting to
know him on a personal level

1091
00:46:50.492 --> 00:46:53.198
and see the work that he put into this.

1092
00:46:53.198 --> 00:46:56.240
There's people who prepare for roles

1093
00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:58.070
and there's people who
just enter the roles,

1094
00:46:58.070 --> 00:47:00.170
and he did both at the same time.

1095
00:47:00.170 --> 00:47:03.113
And that was amazing to see.

1096
00:47:05.160 --> 00:47:06.770
In the edit I would sit
there and just watch

1097
00:47:06.770 --> 00:47:09.730
the closeups to see all
these little micro decisions.

1098
00:47:09.730 --> 00:47:14.080
And now I watched the
movie and he's just Howard,

1099
00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:15.030
He's not Adam Sandler.
- Which is-

1100
00:47:15.030 --> 00:47:15.863
- he's just Howard.

1101
00:47:15.863 --> 00:47:17.290
- He said something where he's like,

1102
00:47:17.290 --> 00:47:18.810
'cause the way we would shoot the film

1103
00:47:18.810 --> 00:47:21.370
he didn't know what his closeup was.

1104
00:47:21.370 --> 00:47:24.920
So he would just be on
that level the whole time.

1105
00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:26.407
Yes, even in the wides.

1106
00:47:26.407 --> 00:47:28.020
Even when he wasn't on camera.

1107
00:47:28.020 --> 00:47:28.909
- [Interviewer] Just that level?

1108
00:47:28.909 --> 00:47:29.742
- Yeah.

1109
00:47:29.742 --> 00:47:30.847
- Yeah, he didn't know, he was just like,

1110
00:47:30.847 --> 00:47:31.790
"Well, what are we shooting now?"

1111
00:47:31.790 --> 00:47:33.557
I was just like, "Don't worry about it."

1112
00:47:33.557 --> 00:47:34.540
- [Narrator] "Murder Mystery"

1113
00:47:34.540 --> 00:47:36.980
saw Sandler reunite with Jennifer Anniston

1114
00:47:36.980 --> 00:47:39.430
for a comedy drama, which Netflix stated

1115
00:47:39.430 --> 00:47:43.810
was their most watched film of
2019 on their U.S. platform,

1116
00:47:43.810 --> 00:47:45.490
and had the biggest opening weekend

1117
00:47:45.490 --> 00:47:47.123
for a film on their platform.

1118
00:47:48.330 --> 00:47:51.520
- Twisted my arm, barely,
not even a little bit.

1119
00:47:51.520 --> 00:47:53.910
It's just, how do you say no to that?

1120
00:47:53.910 --> 00:47:55.770
He says "Please" And you say, yes.

1121
00:47:55.770 --> 00:47:57.180
- You're going to love the mystery.

1122
00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:58.953
I have to pay homage to the mystery.

1123
00:47:58.953 --> 00:48:01.970
It works, and it's, it's a fun watch.

1124
00:48:01.970 --> 00:48:04.100
You're going to love the locations,

1125
00:48:04.100 --> 00:48:06.323
because it's very
picturesque and beautiful.

1126
00:48:07.770 --> 00:48:10.140
You're going to love the adventure.

1127
00:48:10.140 --> 00:48:12.770
You're going to love the idea
of going to a distant place

1128
00:48:12.770 --> 00:48:15.530
and maybe getting wrapped
up in something crazy.

1129
00:48:15.530 --> 00:48:18.140
- [Narrator] The film revolves
around Sandler and Aniston,

1130
00:48:18.140 --> 00:48:20.980
a married couple that get
caught up in a murder mystery

1131
00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:22.323
on a billionaire's yacht.

1132
00:48:23.450 --> 00:48:25.747
- My name is Inspector
Laurent de la Croix.

1133
00:48:25.747 --> 00:48:28.143
I will now summon you for questioning.

1134
00:48:29.960 --> 00:48:32.610
- Why is that smoke ring so
good, how did he do that?

1135
00:48:33.512 --> 00:48:35.566
- Did you notice anything
out of the ordinary.

1136
00:48:35.566 --> 00:48:37.320
- [All Together] The Americans.

1137
00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:38.290
- But we didn't do this.

1138
00:48:38.290 --> 00:48:40.750
- [Nick] Someone's trying to frame us.

1139
00:48:40.750 --> 00:48:41.650
- We do things together.

1140
00:48:41.650 --> 00:48:43.906
So can we please just figure this out?

1141
00:48:43.906 --> 00:48:44.739
(gun fires)

1142
00:48:44.739 --> 00:48:45.890
It's just like "Death in The Library."

1143
00:48:45.890 --> 00:48:48.050
- What happens in "Death in The Library?"

1144
00:48:48.050 --> 00:48:50.228
- They died. It's why it's
called "Death in The Library."

1145
00:48:50.228 --> 00:48:52.640
(gun fires)
(Audrey screams)

1146
00:48:52.640 --> 00:48:56.860
You know, we were from
Brooklyn and fish out of water.

1147
00:48:56.860 --> 00:49:01.270
And they were all sort of
upper crusted, wealthy people

1148
00:49:01.270 --> 00:49:06.270
who all had a motive into
offing the man who was offed.

1149
00:49:06.790 --> 00:49:09.110
So it just was part of the story.

1150
00:49:09.110 --> 00:49:12.403
- It was all Jen saying, "We
have to do something together.

1151
00:49:12.403 --> 00:49:16.230
I can't be apart this long.
You're an amazing human.

1152
00:49:16.230 --> 00:49:20.410
I feel so sick to my stomach
when you're not near me."

1153
00:49:20.410 --> 00:49:22.420
So I said, "Let me just
make a movie with you,

1154
00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.830
so you can relax."

1155
00:49:23.830 --> 00:49:24.760
- On a personal level,

1156
00:49:24.760 --> 00:49:28.220
it was hard to believe that
I was directing Adam Sandler

1157
00:49:28.220 --> 00:49:31.540
after watching so many Adam Sandler movies

1158
00:49:31.540 --> 00:49:33.700
before I was a professional director.

1159
00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:36.010
So in that respect,

1160
00:49:36.010 --> 00:49:39.050
I had to pinch myself
pretty much every day,

1161
00:49:39.050 --> 00:49:40.750
but Sandler's so down to earth

1162
00:49:40.750 --> 00:49:45.173
that he just felt like we had
been friends for a long time.

1163
00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:49.350
There was a couple times
where I found myself

1164
00:49:49.350 --> 00:49:51.450
quoting his movies on set.

1165
00:49:51.450 --> 00:49:52.930
Not because he was there,

1166
00:49:52.930 --> 00:49:56.210
but just because it's
in my DNA as a person.

1167
00:49:56.210 --> 00:49:58.667
And he would hear me and I was like,

1168
00:49:58.667 --> 00:50:01.147
"Is it okay to... Can I do that?"

1169
00:50:01.147 --> 00:50:02.507
And he's like, "Yeah."

1170
00:50:02.507 --> 00:50:03.470
And he likes it.

1171
00:50:03.470 --> 00:50:07.090
So he's just a real person
that was awesome to work with.

1172
00:50:07.090 --> 00:50:09.050
- My two daughters
always pop in my movies.

1173
00:50:09.050 --> 00:50:12.088
- My wife, she's funny in the movie,

1174
00:50:12.088 --> 00:50:13.170
she's a flight attendant,

1175
00:50:13.170 --> 00:50:15.870
we had a nice couple of
scenes together, it was great.

1176
00:50:18.456 --> 00:50:20.290
- [Narrator] The film
received average reviews,

1177
00:50:20.290 --> 00:50:23.203
meaning Sandler didn't face
much negative backlash.

1178
00:50:24.990 --> 00:50:27.510
Adam Sandler also
created a comedy special,

1179
00:50:27.510 --> 00:50:31.550
sarcastically titled
100% fresh for Netflix.

1180
00:50:31.550 --> 00:50:33.960
This was to preempt the negative reviews.

1181
00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:37.633
However, it was favored by
critics and highly recommended.

1182
00:50:39.020 --> 00:50:41.210
Due to the popularity of the six films

1183
00:50:41.210 --> 00:50:43.890
Happy Madison Productions
had made for Netflix,

1184
00:50:43.890 --> 00:50:45.530
Adam Sandler signed a further deal

1185
00:50:45.530 --> 00:50:48.870
with the streaming
platform in January, 2020,

1186
00:50:48.870 --> 00:50:50.170
confirming he would produce

1187
00:50:50.170 --> 00:50:52.780
a further four films for the company.

1188
00:50:52.780 --> 00:50:54.810
- You signed a multi-movie
deal with Netflix.

1189
00:50:54.810 --> 00:50:56.594
You must think it's the future of cinema.

1190
00:50:56.594 --> 00:50:59.160
- That, and the fact that they
liked me so much feels nice.

1191
00:50:59.160 --> 00:51:00.180
It's a combination.

1192
00:51:00.180 --> 00:51:01.830
I think they've been great to me.

1193
00:51:01.830 --> 00:51:05.360
And they also say I'm
wonderful, and that feels nice.

1194
00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:07.100
- [Narrator] Despite the critical backlash

1195
00:51:07.100 --> 00:51:09.630
he has faced throughout his career so far,

1196
00:51:09.630 --> 00:51:13.120
Adam Sandler has always had
a solid fan base behind him

1197
00:51:13.120 --> 00:51:14.890
supporting all his productions

1198
00:51:14.890 --> 00:51:17.030
and pushing his career further.

1199
00:51:17.030 --> 00:51:18.570
- [Reporter] Obviously your
films are, as you said,

1200
00:51:18.570 --> 00:51:21.350
proving hugely popular still on Netflix.

1201
00:51:21.350 --> 00:51:22.900
Does it matter what the critics say?

1202
00:51:22.900 --> 00:51:24.050
Do you care about that?

1203
00:51:26.280 --> 00:51:27.740
- It doesn't matter that much to me.

1204
00:51:27.740 --> 00:51:29.430
I know what they're gonna say every movie,

1205
00:51:29.430 --> 00:51:31.373
they're going to say they don't like it.

1206
00:51:32.330 --> 00:51:33.790
We'll be okay.

1207
00:51:33.790 --> 00:51:37.630
I believe in my stuff,
that's important to me.

1208
00:51:37.630 --> 00:51:42.630
and my friends and the
people I make the movies for,

1209
00:51:42.999 --> 00:51:43.832
I like 'em.

1210
00:51:43.832 --> 00:51:44.970
That's the good news.

1211
00:51:44.970 --> 00:51:45.803
- [Reporter] Do you think in the past,

1212
00:51:45.803 --> 00:51:47.730
critics have been too harsh on his films?

1213
00:51:47.730 --> 00:51:48.818
- I don't care about critics.

1214
00:51:48.818 --> 00:51:52.110
You know what, John Cleese
said said the best thing to me,

1215
00:51:52.110 --> 00:51:53.710
since you're from the UK,

1216
00:51:53.710 --> 00:51:55.550
John Cleese, my real hero,

1217
00:51:55.550 --> 00:51:57.970
the funniest big man, who ever lived.

1218
00:51:57.970 --> 00:52:00.781
funniest guy, and a great writer,

1219
00:52:00.781 --> 00:52:03.860
but Cleese said the best
thing about critics.

1220
00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:06.587
He said, "Critics,
don't even ignore them."

1221
00:52:07.674 --> 00:52:11.010
I'll take it to my grave. Thank you.

1222
00:52:11.010 --> 00:52:12.160
Ah, who cares?

1223
00:52:12.160 --> 00:52:13.130
I'll take criticism

1224
00:52:13.130 --> 00:52:15.000
from somebody who does the
same thing we're doing,

1225
00:52:15.000 --> 00:52:17.510
trying to write, produce
direct and make movies

1226
00:52:17.510 --> 00:52:19.860
and star in movies and deal with all this.

1227
00:52:19.860 --> 00:52:20.730
Let's see them do it.

1228
00:52:20.730 --> 00:52:22.890
And then I'll listen to
what they have to say.

1229
00:52:22.890 --> 00:52:24.520
- Working with Adam
Sandler was definitely,

1230
00:52:24.520 --> 00:52:26.850
probably, one of the best experiences

1231
00:52:26.850 --> 00:52:28.300
I've ever had in my career.

1232
00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:30.490
And I got to learn so much from him.

1233
00:52:30.490 --> 00:52:33.090
Mostly working side by side with him,

1234
00:52:33.090 --> 00:52:36.261
watching him be the
director and the actor,

1235
00:52:36.261 --> 00:52:37.560
and pull it all together.

1236
00:52:37.560 --> 00:52:39.660
So it was a great learning experience too.

1237
00:52:40.999 --> 00:52:43.582
(upbeat music)

1238
00:52:48.530 --> 00:52:49.470
- [Narrator] Most of his fans

1239
00:52:49.470 --> 00:52:52.040
fell in love with the actor
from his early career,

1240
00:52:52.040 --> 00:52:54.770
starring and "Happy Gilmore"
and "The Water Boy."

1241
00:52:54.770 --> 00:52:57.350
Even those who weren't born
at the time of the release

1242
00:52:57.350 --> 00:52:59.610
notably mention these titles,

1243
00:52:59.610 --> 00:53:03.173
proving his films are now
considered comedy classics.

1244
00:53:11.820 --> 00:53:13.500
Sandler's filmography serves

1245
00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:15.830
as a sort of comfort food for fans.

1246
00:53:15.830 --> 00:53:18.600
Most explaining that his films
are really easy to watch,

1247
00:53:18.600 --> 00:53:20.713
and the simplicity inspires laughs.

1248
00:53:22.010 --> 00:53:25.280
For his fans, Adam Sandler
has a relatable appeal

1249
00:53:25.280 --> 00:53:27.430
an, "I'll always be me" nobility,

1250
00:53:27.430 --> 00:53:29.923
which keeps his audiences
coming back for more.

1251
00:53:32.510 --> 00:53:33.950
Although critics might not like

1252
00:53:33.950 --> 00:53:36.530
the similarities in the
characters he plays,

1253
00:53:36.530 --> 00:53:38.620
his viewers seem to love the similarities

1254
00:53:38.620 --> 00:53:39.900
in each character he plays

1255
00:53:39.900 --> 00:53:41.700
in every different film he stars in.

1256
00:53:46.630 --> 00:53:48.970
Making movies for Netflix
makes his productions

1257
00:53:48.970 --> 00:53:51.170
more accessible to a wider audience.

1258
00:53:51.170 --> 00:53:53.020
And will definitely keep him popular.

1259
00:54:02.686 --> 00:54:05.269
(gentle music)

1260
00:54:10.527 --> 00:54:11.670
Despite a career filled

1261
00:54:11.670 --> 00:54:13.540
with fluctuating reviews from critics

1262
00:54:13.540 --> 00:54:16.630
and films that didn't quite
meet their box office budgets,

1263
00:54:16.630 --> 00:54:19.110
Adam Sandler has managed
to survive the storm

1264
00:54:19.110 --> 00:54:20.960
and come out on top,

1265
00:54:20.960 --> 00:54:24.223
proving his title is a fan
favorite is here to stay.

1266
00:54:25.840 --> 00:54:26.710
- [Interviewer] What's the best part

1267
00:54:26.710 --> 00:54:28.560
about being successful and/or famous?

1268
00:54:29.460 --> 00:54:30.480
- I don't know. I don't know.

1269
00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:32.150
I don't think about that.

1270
00:54:32.150 --> 00:54:34.883
I'm just happy to be working.

1271
00:54:41.680 --> 00:54:42.513
- [Narrator] Everyone knows

1272
00:54:42.513 --> 00:54:44.647
of at least one Happy Madison film

1273
00:54:44.647 --> 00:54:46.560
and the actor is a household name

1274
00:54:46.560 --> 00:54:48.943
who keeps bringing laughs
to our living rooms.

1275
00:54:51.010 --> 00:54:54.830
- On set he's so nice, and so welcoming,

1276
00:54:54.830 --> 00:54:56.530
it makes you feel very comfortable.

1277
00:54:56.530 --> 00:54:59.320
There's no room for you to be nervous.

1278
00:54:59.320 --> 00:55:01.240
Because he's just making jokes,

1279
00:55:01.240 --> 00:55:05.393
or trying to think of other
ways to make the scene work.

1280
00:55:06.410 --> 00:55:09.340
- And I feel like we've
got a lot in common.

1281
00:55:09.340 --> 00:55:10.912
He's nicer than me.

1282
00:55:10.912 --> 00:55:13.823
- No, just we have a thing that,

1283
00:55:13.823 --> 00:55:18.010
I think we share some
sort of mutual subset of-

1284
00:55:18.010 --> 00:55:19.840
- Loving of our parents too.

1285
00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:20.673
- Yes.

1286
00:55:26.950 --> 00:55:29.750
- [Narrator] Adam Sandler is
at the height of his career,

1287
00:55:29.750 --> 00:55:31.240
and with a new Netflix deal

1288
00:55:31.240 --> 00:55:33.790
and filmography that just keeps growing,

1289
00:55:33.790 --> 00:55:35.760
audiences are awaiting the arrival

1290
00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:38.062
of his next lovable character.

1291
00:55:38.062 --> 00:55:40.729
(upbeat music)