this video is brought to you by storyblocks I'm not exactly sure what the hell yeah hello my name is Adam Sandler [Applause] 1999 with his stand-up SNL and iconic movie roles under his belt the 1990s were truly Adam Sandler's and the winner of the best comedic performance is Adam Sandler [Applause] starring in a brand new motion picture called Big Daddy all right here we go and we're both losing weight keen on writing and starring in comedic roles Sandler was in his element the wind at his back in 1999 Adam started happy Adam Sandler we're a real happy player the world saw a wacky unserious comedian but with Adam there was more than meets the eye and only one person knew it some of us thought you were actually completely out of your mind when you cast Adam Sandler in this movie [Music] what the [ __ ] is your problem he just makes me laugh go [ __ ] yourself he's funny to me our first movie is Punch Drunk Love starring Adam Sandler in a radical departure from his usual brain dead comedies and the headline is Sandler can really act in 2002 director Paul Thomas Anderson took what most saw as a risk and cost Adam Sandler as the lead in a dramatic role it started with a hunch but when Paul met Adam on the set of Little Nicky he said he wanted a work uh together and do a movie together and I was just excited and he went to work and despite it being new territory Adam didn't take much convincing were you instantly ready to do this yeah I was instantly in Paul wrote that movie for me and I was like oh [ __ ] yeah I think I could do that that was I was nervous but I was there's no way I was going to say I'm not doing this yeah every 10 products you bought and mailed into them they'd send you a certificate for 500 miles which is a true story a guy went and bought thousands and thousands of dollars worth of putting that equaled a million frequent flyer miles how much did this cost you cost me a little over three thousand dollars that would get you a million entire Minds who would never have to pay for a ticket the rest of your life so that helped but but the main impetus was wanting to write something for Adam it's insane let's go to the bathroom you see this as a critical time for you and are you anxious about the way you'll be received you didn't wonder why me I mean I love this guy's movies but what the hell am I going to do in this world it's a new I guess a new chapter being I'm happy I met this guy I was excited to to try to accomplish something that I haven't uh really done before [Music] you doing in here cutie watching football who do you want to win the goddamn Jets his 1999 Comedy Big Daddy Adam cost's actress Jackie to tone too bad you don't like girls I think you could have had her and Adam took his shorts I was just getting ready to do big daddy and she was getting into acting how's the social life going big changes I hear yeah you have a a new girlfriend I got a girlfriend now yeah I read in the paper I had a fiance but I don't I have a girlfriend yeah I got a girl I got a girl and I fell in love with her pretty quick Jackie appears again the following year in Little Nicky and in 2002 she acts alongside Adam's Family in Eight Crazy Nights eyes Growing Old With You and by June 2003 the two of them had tied the knot they snaked on a ring now the wedding is very interesting was your dog the best yes yeah he wasn't the best man he brought the Rings out got a girlfriend got a house got a girl in the house yeah do you find you're becoming like your dad my dad's like a real guy he's a real man a big man with a big personality me and my dad were amazingly tight yes my father in real life was highly respected in my household and we we kind of lived by his rules I love my dad more than anything and uh anything he told me to do I would do I used to love any comedian my father and mother life I'd be like oh God I want to be like that guy he's making my dad happy [Music] only three months after his marriage in September Adam said goodbye to his father Stanley Sandler I was very tight with my dad when he was sick I was with him as much as I could that's why you're here right now to protect me to be scared for me to be a good father I always would tell friends who who didn't lose their dad you better spend time with them telling you just it will rock you I love you son I love you too death goodbye let's face it you've got big ideas but they're just that aren't they ideas no more with storyblocks turn your dreams into scenes with their curated library of over a million templates footage music and more I use storyblocks in my videos to sprinkle in some extra production quality like this I can move locations with a beautiful establishing shot tell you where we are with unique titles then flesh out the scene with sound effects with one surprise for unlimited downloads and clear-cut Licensing storyblocks lets you create at a high standard without any extra path follow the link in the description or head to storyblocks.com doddford to get started I was your college roommate for Christ's sake you don't remember me yeah very cool very cool good to see you Burrows it's Johnson by 2007 Adam's experience with grief had changed him artistically I get that you're in pain but you got each other in rain over me Adam's character deals with the trauma of losing his wife and daughters in a plane crash alongside Don Cheadle Sandler's suffering is heart-wrenching you had a family and you suffered a great loss why why are you asking me are you trying to focus me and until you can discuss that friends talk to each other about what's going on in their lives we can really talk about that this is all just an exercise as an actor are you trying to find some sense of balance between doing comedy and drama I had three daughters how do you feel that this movie is going to take you in a direction of more of being more serious this is not something I thought about ever doing this just happened they adored me Johnson this script was so long it was written really well and moving and it broke my heart and thought and I felt it at the same time and then I just decided that when I committed to it to try to do it the best I could Adam typically one to cooler shots was finding that he found comfort in relinquishing control to talented directors ultimately it was just Paul Thomas Anderson writing me something when I'm with these great guys it's kind of relaxing in a way knowing that they're not gonna move on until they're happy you know I've only done a few heavy parts and this by far is the heaviest and it is not an easy life for an actor who does that and I was I am more than happy to run right back to Comedy just enjoy my life a little more maybe Adam had grown up a little but growing up does it have to be so serious [Music] 2010 Adam cements his return to family comedies grown-ups is the culmination of a nearly 20-year-long friendship group I always want to do stuff with these guys forever you know I'd rather be with people I know and I trust who's ready to get their funeral on so we kind of do it to do it all together we do it as a team it's summer we shoot it in a lake and that doesn't make you want to go nuts we kind of live in one place together our houses all near each other we all got kids they all hang out together it's pretty good pretty good on the set of his movies Adam is worshiped but offset he's never been widely accepted the critics have said I'm going to read you my favorite ones critics haven't necessarily always loved no your work this movie is the last nail and Adam Sandler's coffin another said he's no longer a movie star and another one called you a man-child first off let me say thanks for dressing for the show I appreciate Adam doesn't have really a great wardrobe what a great outfit that is you got Adam Sandler in this movie Jack and Jill won a record-setting 10 Razzie Sunday night what does this mean again it means I can't stand you being rezzy for worst picture of the year goes to what do you think [Music] when it comes to Adam Sandler there is one thing we can't agree on that no one can agree whether or not Adam Sandler is funny it doesn't matter what the critters say do you care about like ah you know it doesn't matter that much to me I know what they're gonna say every movie they're gonna say they don't like it is that something you pay to pinch to is that something that's bothered you I have a love in my life it makes me stronger than anything you can imagine not very family oriented man in general well let me start by saying congratulations I hear babies on the way and even better I hear it's yours absolutely I'm addicted to him I love being with him and uh when I'm not with them I'm very very depressed I believe in the hard work and what I'm trying to accomplish but I just mostly want to be able to have time with my family and and give them a good childhood keen on simply providing for his family Adam is able to shut off the noise as well as the bus you know when people talk about your career they talk about these ups and then the Downs ups and the Downs man I don't know what the Downs have been I got into acting in comedy to try to do the best I could I loved every movie I've made I've never in my entire career phoned one thing in I also see a couple of grads here today following my path and becoming a fellow five-time Razzie Award winner that stuff doesn't hurt me anymore I think it hurt me 20 years ago trying to make funny movies and trying to make kids laugh that was my goal which if it does happen don't be upset call me and I'll teach you the proper way to laugh all the way to the bank I've been on a plane before you know we're just talking about that movie punch drunk love and uh this is a very nice thing for you there's actually Oscar buzz yeah how do you feel about that the Oscar thing the Oscar you know that's not that's not very San leerian right now you're doing so well that you actually start your own production company Happy Madison Productions yes the whole goal of the company was to keep my friends employed first of all they don't I'm not I can't go to the awards they don't make a tuxedo out of sweatpant material number two uh if I uh buy some weird freak accident won the thing uh you know I couldn't take that trophy home because I know my friends would cut his head off and make a bong out of them [Applause] [Music] I was with Ben he got a walk a Fame star and I went and visited him and I said we got to do a movie together right [Music] and I said we took my brothers he said yeah I was thinking that too [Music] I was disappointed in you for quitting piano making a similar thought Adam connected to something very deeply in this guy we lucked out got to do this together and it was deep and that was you know you know it was very moving to me let's get it together [Music] shut the [ __ ] up in 2017 Adam made his biggest step back into dramatic acting with the meyerwood stories was this something that you took on because it was a challenge or did you feel it was a natural progression at this stage of your life and career it was just just luck that this guy wrote an amazing movie and handed it to me it's the most I ever studied before a project I read it and knew it was a great movie and it was we didn't start shooting for like maybe five months after and I I would study my lines every night just didn't want to let Noah down because I didn't want to let the guy down oh it's our career it's our life it's movie to movie you can't exactly say I'm doing this next and then that's it you don't know what's coming next holy [ __ ] I'm gonna come [Music] your new film uncut gems your performance is crazy part of what is happening so I want the Celtics to cover I want the Celtics halftime I wanted to talk to you well the guys who wrote the safety Brothers how amazing their stuff is and the fact that they wanted to work with me that was exciting I heard you've resurface your [ __ ] swimming pool you know how that makes me feel like this morning is it too late should we maybe be serious right now I don't know I just know well I'll tell you what I know it's the dumbest [ __ ] bed I ever heard of someone like Sandler he can first of all he's unbelievable from all you know we grew up on his comedy records they wrote it for me like 10 years ago I disagree look in my eyes and they'll tell you what I'm feeling let's take his clothes off [Music] man this is just something I have to do I think you are the most annoying person I have ever met [Music] it's okay thank you I'll meet you right back inside it's all good enough when I get to do something like this like uh uncut gems it's a different excitement for me because I'm not sure of myself what I'm supposed to do everything I do is not going right and the spirit Award for best male lead goes to this is my [ __ ] way this is how I went I love you guys thank you I'd like to also give a shout out to my fellow nominees who will now and forever be known as the guys who lost the [ __ ] Adam Saleh I don't uh try to accomplish something I feel like I might be uh screwing up a little and I think that's what drives me is that I'm I'm kind of obsessed with it [ __ ] comes your way connect with it and you go I ain't [ __ ] this one up it seems like you're drawn to these characters who are unlucky you could say losers I enjoy playing these guys who are struggling nice mind my own business admire somebody doesn't give up so you tell me that's that before I beat the hell from you he doesn't play underdogs he plays Champions that are overlooked oh we are delighted to honor one of Hollywood's most loved comedic actors today hello my name is Adam Sandler if he is honored that the 2431st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and I am in the 20th 23 Mark Twain humor Press award recipient today we honor Adam Sandler can I get a hell yeah foreign standing here is not just a wonderful son an incredible husband a loving father a producer a writer and an actor and a loyal loyal friend I'm soft I'm a soft man you are and you're a big kid I think that's why Everyone likes you yeah he is also dedicated to the people that helped him get here his fans I've walked down the street with movie stars and I've never seen anything like it when Adam walks down the street he's there he's present he's he's not somewhere else my friends who are here today I want to thank them so much I love you Adam I love you buddy you see him and you love him you want to be his friend that's the truth nobody makes me laugh like you and nobody has taken better care of me in this business than you so he always back me up 100 and make sure I accomplish whatever I set out to do it's been a nice just just a great ride I come from a great family I had an amazing Mom I had an amazing dad who's watching down I'm sure he he'd be very excited about this all they ever did was make me feel like I'm good at things they just always made me feel like I was the star of the family so many people come out here with the same dreams I had and somehow I I'm getting to do them and I really appreciate it and then Along Came two of the true best things babies showing up Sadie and sunny I love you you want to say something every hang we have I'm only wishing time will stand still because being with YouTube and Mommy that's the best life can get hey Daddy [Applause] [Music] [Applause] more than anything in the world thanks for growing old with [Music] [Applause]