Quirky to the core. A complete Mad Hatter who’s high on the fun ratings and possesses a finely twisted soul (in a good way) which finds immense pleasure in playing characters that can leave you in a state of shock and disbelief. Often, on the floor, breathless, and rolling in laugh attacks.

No wonder his films come with a ‘warning’ from the health department! Just kiddin’ but that’s the absolute nonsensical sense actor Adam Sandler makes. And despite all the farting, ogling, squeaking, fooling he pulls off in his films, the Hollywood actor shines on the billboard of comedy giants. Out with his new film, ‘You Don’t Mess With The Zohan’, we, through an e-mail interview, got to know the man behind the actor, producer, writer and musician and the choices he’s made.

“Right from childhood, I was always drawn towards stand-up comedy and everyone thought I was a natural comic. After a short stint in television acting and script writing for ‘Saturday Night Live’, I felt I enjoyed acting the most, and decided to focus on that,” he types picking comedy as his specialisation. “Making people laugh is the most serious business.”

However, adds Adam, humour should be in accordance with the class targeted. If it’s for masses, it should cover all those aspects. If it’s classified, it should specifically portray those fun elements which are specific to the audience who don’t have any objection. So, is The Zohan classified? “Well, the film was my idea and at no point I had ever thought that we would pick up a sensitive issue and deal with it in such a comic way. We worked on that because one minor mistake would have made the whole movie controversial, as the subject of the film deals with the tension, between Israel and Palestine.” Sandler plays Zohan Dvir, a highly skilled, indestructible counter terrorist who takes a break from the Army and moves to America to become a hairstylist. “He seems like he enjoys his life. So The Zohan is one character, I really don’t mind being him in my real life,” clicks Sandler.

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