Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Adam Sandler finally admitted that the only reason he does movies nowadays is to get a paid vacation. Kimmel asked him directly whether this was true.
“Yes,” Sandler replied enthusiastically, secure in the knowledge that it absolutely doesn’t matter if he just admits, point blank, that he chooses his projects based on whether they include a trip to some luxury destination, because they are Adam Sandler movies for Adam Sandler audiences. “I have done that since 50 First Dates,” Sandler explained. “It was written in another place. I said, ‘Imagine if we did it in Hawaii, how great that movie would be.’ And they said, ‘Yeah, that’s a very artistic idea.’ I’ve been doing that ever since.”
It’s great to finally get confirmation that Adam Sandler isn’t even trying anymore. I was beginning to worry that he went half-retarded or something.