Adam Sandler Q&A - page 2

20 April 2009

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Then I saw Russell’s score and got some giant 95 or 96 and I got a 91. After I got past being hurt (jokes) I was very happy for Russell. The children of America have embraced the long and lean and handsome Russell Brand.

What is your aim with an Adam Sandler movie?

We always try to put a lot of jokes in our movies. We wanted Bedtime Stories to be as funny as a kids’ movie could be. When it was being written we talked about how we wanted it to be as funny as possible. That is usually our goal in our movies funny and there is usually a message in there.

Also we try to shoot me so that you don’t see the triple chin (jokes). We try to make the girl seem like she likes me. (jokes)

What else? We try to make it like I am stronger than most people. We try not to hoot me from behind too much and stay off the ass (jokes).

Was there any pressure from Disney regarding the tone of the film?

Disney was incredibly cool. In fact when we were putting it together they said they liked the Happy Madison style of humour.

We have a PG movie so we tried to keep it where everybody would be comfortable with what we were saying. We came up with jokes that we thought would be funny and not offensive at all. It is a little different from the average Disney movie but we feel it is respectful enough to be in the category.

You have made a lot of different types of movies; do you still prefer making comedies?

I do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some stuff. I did always dream of making a family movie and then having kids helped make that more exciting for me.

I can eventually show it to them and maybe my daughter will have a sleep-over party in a few years and I’ll say hey come and watch Daddy’s movie and then all those kids can like Russell more than me and I’ll be fine with that.

I enjoy doing all different types of movies. But I am most comfortable with comedy and trying to make jokes. Actually I had a great time on this movie trying to think of friendlier jokes.

When were you aware of the fact that you were funny and does your daughter understand what Daddy does for a living?

I always had to be funny. My family always told jokes round the dinner table, that sort of stuff. That was my way of getting attention in class. If it was quiet I would like to make a joke and if it worked I was so excited all day long. I would be talking about it at lunch.

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

And I said ok, that’s what I’ll do and that’s the only reason that I got into it. But I did not feel confident about it until I was 22 or 23. It took about five years to start being ok with my friends showing up and watching me. What does she think I do for a living?

She is pretty funny about that. She always pretends that she has to go to work. I have an office at Sony and she starts packing up and when I ask where she’s going she says work. And when I ask where she is working today, she says Sony.

When I ask what she’s doing, she says making a movie. So she knows I make movies. In fact the other day she visited me on a movie set and I asked if she wanted to go to dinner and she started screaming Trailer food!

Which of the mini movies in Bedtime Stories would you like to develop into a full feature?

I don’t like being on a horse, that’s the only negative in a western. I like the whole get-up, I look great in a hat.

But I get tense around horses. But maybe we could work around that? If they could get a big, calm horse for me then I would like to make a western. I’d also like to do a gladiator movie. I am uncomfortable in the wig but I would do it.

Bedtime Stories is released 27th April.

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