Best 136 quotes of Adam Sandler on MyQuotes

I'm sure everyone's got their back story. I don't come from a place of where I was tortured and needed to let something out. I came from a very happy home. I was a little out of control at times. But my family... we all liked to be funny, we all liked to make each other laugh.

I never had a speech from my father 'this is what you must do or shouldn't do' but I just learned to be led by example. My father wasn't perfect.

I never want movie theaters go away. It is the greatest time out on the town. You go out, it's a great place to go, great location, great hang, great date, good place to be with friends. But as an actor who works hard at making movies, I am glad that no matter what people can see your movie on. It's hard to keep a theater for long time; there are so many movies, so when you leave a theater, you're just glad there's a life for your movie.

In high school I wanted to be a rock star and was in a lot of bands.

In one day, I have times where I'm feeling great, I feel like I love my life, and then 2:30 rolls around and I'm the angriest man alive. My wife sees it.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.

I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.

I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

I shouldn't be near Vegas and have money in my pocket.

I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone.

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

It definitely has learning a lesson about the way you're living your life. I wouldn't compare our movie to that, but it has a structure where it's about a man who doesn't appreciate all that he has and finds out at the end that life has been great and he has to enjoy that.

I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?

I think when I bought a house, that's when I thought I felt like that's a grown up thing to do.

It's hard to soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys.

It's important I surround myself with people who make me happy.

It's just weird that out of nowhere God said, May the three best-looking guys in Hollywood have babies - Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and me. It was bizarre that God said, I want to make the planet more beautiful, and I got the call.

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

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

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

I've always wanted to do a family movie.

I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron.

I've got a hockey record, I took off my skate and tried to stab a guy, I'm the only person who ever tried that.

I've got the kid. I feel a little more relief that I don't have to just think about myself too much.

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

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

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

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 wasn't a kid growing up thinking, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech.' That wasn't on my mind.

I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.

Like every other rich asshole, I have a cook and he's in my trailer making food all the time.

Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you're feeling blue.

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

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

My buddies, we've always just tried to make each other laugh. I mean, just like all friends hanging out - that's the goal.

My comedy is different every time I do it. I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

My father used to wear the same pants for like a week.

My father wasn't perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

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.

My hobbies are run-on sentences.

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

My kids don't have a trust fund, they have a debt fund. And when I die, they're $4 million in the hole.

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

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.

My name is Adam. My father's name is Adam. Having the same name as your father, it's alright until your voice changes. My friends would always call up, 'Is Adam there?' My father would say, 'This is Adam.' My friends would say, 'Adam, you were so wasted last night.'

My name is Adam Sandler. I'm not particularly talented. I'm not particularly good-looking. And yet I'm a multi-millionaire.

My sisters are stronger and my brother's bigger than me.