Quotes from Adam Sandler


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Most of the stuff I do on the show comes out of me just trying to make my friends laugh.


My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.


SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time.


My grandmother used to embarrass me more, when she would pick me up from school wearing a big fuzzy hat. I didn't like that.


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


I don't know what drives me to succeed.


I can handle pain.


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


I like sitting and writing with my buddies.


I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.


I've always had lots of friends and my house was the house they all hung out at.


I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.


Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.


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


I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.


I'm not looking to get away from anything. I like what I've done. I like what I get to do and I enjoy working with my friends. I loved those movies, but this is incredible.


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


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


When I'm up there, and I know the show's coming to a close, in my head I'm saying to myself, Oh man, you gotta get off and be a normal person again. That's what I don't like so much.


I grew up cursing a lot.