'I was proud and excited for my family, man.” Adam Sandler says it was a “huge surprise” to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
“The moment you met him, you knew Adam was going to be a big star,” Apatow said. “And so did Adam.”
At the end of the night, Sandler, who’s from Manchester, New Hampshire, paid tribute to his parents and siblings for arming him with “that weird irrational confidence thing that I guess I still have.” Sandler’s top hits include “Happy Gilmore,” “The Wedding Singer” and “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” Although primarily known for slapstick comedy and overgrown man-child characters, he has excelled in multiple dramatic roles in films such as “Punch Drunk Love” and “Uncut Gems.”Guzman, who co-starred in “Punch Drunk Love,” admitted he originally thought Sandler was “out of his depth” in a dramatic role scripted by auteur director Paul Thomas Anderson.
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