80+ Best Adam Sandler Quotes That Are Hilarious And Inspiring

Georgia Stone
Dec 12, 2023 By Georgia Stone
Originally Published on Jan 27, 2021
Adam Sandler has played the role of Billy Madison in the comedy film 'Billy Madison.'

Adam Sandler has worked as an actor and comedian.

Adam Sandler is also a famous Hollywood film producer. His hard work has earned him a reputation  in the showbiz world. Sandler is successful, worth around $420 million.

His wealth has made him one of Hollywood's richest actors and filmmakers. Some of the most famous Adam Sandler's feature films include 'Happy Gilmore', 'Punch Drunk Love', 'Reign Over Me', 'Spranglish', 'Funny People', 'Grown Ups', '50 First Dates', 'Click' and 'Big Daddy'.

Many of these movies did very well in box-office and garnered praise and attention, although he as not won an Oscar yet. While for some of them, Adam Sandler has faced lots of criticism, especially for his comedy films.

We have compiled the best of Adam Sandler Quotes that will bring a smile to your face and will fill your heart with inspiration and motivation. If you liked our Sandler quotes then also have a look at our articles on ['Happy Gilmore' quotes] and Billy Madison quotes.

Best Adam Sandler Quotes

Adam Sandler has some favorite actors who make frequent appearances in all his movies. For example,  Steve Buscemi has appeared in most of Adam Sandler's movies.

Apart from working in films, Sandler has also worked as a cast member in a famous television show named 'Saturday Night Live'. He has also worked on various comedy albums. Below is the best Adam Sandler quotes inspired by his life and words.

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

- Adam Sandler.

2. "I do not want to go to jail...I'm fragile!"

- Adam Sandler.

3. "I think I’m playing grown up because I have kids now. But I don’t feel grown up yet."

- Adam Sandler.

4. "With the amount of money I have, it's difficult raising children the way I was raised."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

6. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

7. "Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show."

- Adam Sandler.

8. "God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell."

- Adam Sandler.

9. "When I was younger and did a stand-up gig, it would take me two weeks to recover. Sometimes I’d get so panicked that I would stutter."

- Adam Sandler.

10. "The only reason I got into stand-up was that 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."

- Adam Sandler.

11. "I grew up in a house that liked to be funny. Everybody liked to be funny. My family's been...we've been enjoying each other's comedy for years."

- Adam Sandler.

12. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

13. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

14. "I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life."

- Adam Sandler.

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

– Adam Sandler.

16. "My father 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."

- Adam Sandler.

17. "I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

19. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

21. "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?"

- Adam Sandler.

22. "When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them."

- Adam Sandler.

23. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

25. "Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it."

- Adam Sandler.

26. "I don't know who I touch and who I don't. I work hard trying to make people laugh, I try to do the kind of stuff that made me laugh growing up, I don't have any secrets. I don't know the reasons I've been so well received."

- Adam Sandler.

27. "I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much, I don't like going to bars, I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends."

- Adam Sandler.

28. "When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare."

- Adam Sandler.

29. "Well I have a microphone and you don’t so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!"

- Adam Sandler.

30. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

32. "I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead."

- Adam Sandler.

33. "I do feel good doing them (family-friendly movies), but it’s not going to be my way of life. I’m a comedian."

- Adam Sandler.

34. "Now that I'm a parent, I understand why my father was in a bad mood a lot."

- Adam Sandler.

35. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

36. “I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I’m glad I lived out both roles."

- Adam Sandler.

37. "Sometimes you can’t prioritize family and you feel guilty."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

39. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

40. "I’ll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies."

- Adam Sandler.

41. "I read to my kid, but I can’t stand reading."

- Adam Sandler.

42. "Alright, remember, alcohol equals puke equals smelly mess equals nobody likes you."

- Adam Sandler.

43. "Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more seriously and I do want that lifestyle."

- Adam Sandler.

44. "I’m not making every decision due to my children. But I do hope they never see some movies I’m doing. But I do want to do more family-friendly movies."

- Adam Sandler.

45. "My kids don't have a trust fund, they have a debt fund."

- Adam Sandler.

46. "I have love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine."

- Adam Sandler.

47. "I go to sleep thinking about my kids being spoiled and I wake up thinking about it."

- Adam Sandler.

48. "I'm not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, 'All right! Get out of the room.'"

- Adam Sandler.

49. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

50. "My sisters are stronger and my brother’s bigger than me."

- Adam Sandler.

51. "I think when I bought a house, that’s when I thought I felt like that’s a grown-up thing to do."

- Adam Sandler.

52. "I enjoy doing all different types of movies even though I am the most comfortable with comedy."

- Adam Sandler.

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

- Adam Sandler.

54. "Sixth grade was a big-time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things."

- Adam Sandler.

Adam Sandler Quotes About Comedy, Acting, His Films, Family, Love And Success

Adam Sandler's role as Happy Gilmore in the film 'Happy Gilmore' is one of his best and most appreciated roles. Sandler is one of the most renowned comedians and actors in Hollywood. His acting career has seen so many ups-and-downs.

Adam's other comedy films are 'Jack and Jill', 'Hotel Transylvania', and 'The Waterboy'. Sandler has a huge number of followers who are inspired by his acting. We have listed the best lines and Adam Sandler quotes that are inspired by his career and success.

55. "I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles."

- Adam Sandler.

56. "I am good. You know what, you're a lousy kindergarten teacher. I've seen those finger-paintings you bring home and they suck."

- Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore, 'Happy Gilmore'.

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

- Adam Sandler, 'The Wedding Singer'.

58. "A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard."

- Adam Sandler.

59. "They should name a gender after you. Looking at you doesn't do it, staring is the only way that makes sense. And trying not to blink so you don't miss anything...and all of that and you're you."

- Adam Sandler, 'Spanglish'.

60. "Sir one more comment like that and I will strangle you with my microphone wire!"

- Adam Sandler.

61. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

62. "I don’t know what drives me to succeed...I know I want to always do the best I can. I guess I was maybe in little league baseball as far as I wanted to be good at that. But school, I certainly wasn’t the best at that."

– Adam Sandler.

63. "I've always wanted to do a family movie."

- Adam Sandler.

64. "Chubbs: What are you doing?

Happy Gilmore: 364 days until next year's hockey tryouts, I have to toughen up."

65. "I should just try to get the ball in one shot every time."

- Adam Sandler, 'Happy Gilmore'.

66. "I'm stupid...you're smart. I was wrong...you were right. You're the best...I'm the worst. You're very good-looking...I'm not attractive."

- Adam Sandler, 'Happy Gilmore'.

67. "The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad."

- Adam Sandler.

68. "I do love the films I've done in the past. I work hard in my movies and my friends work hard and we're trying to make people laugh and I'm very proud of that."

- Adam Sandler.

69. "Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up."

- Adam Sandler, 'The Wedding Singer'.

70. "Some of us will never ever find true love. Take, for instance...me...and I'm pretty sure that guy right there. And that lady with the sideburns...and basically everybody at table nine."

- Adam Sandler, 'The Wedding Singer'.

71. "Worrying about your kids is sanity, and being that sane...can drive you nuts."

- Adam Sandler as John Clasky, 'Spanglish'.

72. "Everything I do, it's not going right, and I don't know what to do."

- Adam Sandler, 'Howard Ratner'.

73. "I don't know how to fight, I'm a comedian!"

– Adam Sandler, 'Funny People'.

74. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

75. "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."

- Adam Sandler.

76. "First I asked her what time it is, right? Tomorrow I get to ask her the date, the day after that she's all over me. That's how it works, you play it slow."

- Adam Sandler, 'Shakes The Clown'.

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

- Adam Sandler, 'Mr. Deeds'.

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

- Adam Sandler.

79. "I'd love to punch that guy in the face right now. But I can't, you know, because I'd get in trouble. I bet you get a lot of that on "Let's Make A Deal."

- Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore, 'Happy Gilmore'.

80. "Why don't you just go home? That's your home! Are you too good for your home? Answer me!"

- Adam Sandler, 'Happy Gilmore'.

Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 80+ Best Adam Sandler Quotes That Are Hilarious And Inspiring then why not take a look at 90s quotes, or 'The Waterboy' quotes.

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Written by Georgia Stone

Bachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

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Georgia StoneBachelor of Arts specializing in French with Film Studies, Bachelor of Arts (Year Abroad) specializing in Literature, History, Language, Media, and Art

Georgia is an experienced Content Manager with a degree in French and Film Studies from King's College London and Bachelors degree from Université Paris-Sorbonne. Her passion for exploring the world and experiencing different cultures was sparked during her childhood in Switzerland and her year abroad in Paris. In her spare time, Georgia enjoys using London's excellent travel connections to explore further afield.

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