I loved Adam Sandler's early stuff. I thought it was so cool how irreverent and weird he would get.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Adam Sandler is truly brilliant. He plays these goofy characters, but he is a brilliant fellow.
Adam Sandler is a remarkable movie brand.
In 'Billy Madison,' I worked with Adam before anyone really knew he was Adam Sandler.
I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia. Any Adam Sandler film is fun to work on because it is a reunion of the boys club of guys that have worked together in the past.
I loved Woody Allen's short pieces. I was equally influenced by Woody Allen and Norman Mailer. I was very into this idea of being high-low, of being serious and intellectual but also making really broad jokes.
I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.
As an actor, the second and last ones were interesting for me. Because those parts had the most change in playing someone who was both light and dark, sort of Jekyl and Hyde.
Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.
I really like Larry Clark's films, as weird as that is. I like Richard Kern films.
I'll continue to make the typical Adam Sandler comedies.