"“I wanted to work with Sandler so much,” he [Paul Thomas Anderson] said, “because..."

“I wanted to work with Sandler so much,” he [Paul Thomas Anderson] said, “because if I’ve ever been kinda sad or down or whatever, I just wanna pop in an Adam Sandler movie.”

“That wouldn’t cheer me up,” I said.

“I love him,” Anderson said, “and he’s always made me laugh. l like just about all of his movies and have always felt comfort in watching them. It’s Saturday night and if I wanna watch something fun, I’m gonna watch an Adam Sandler movie. Or if I’m sad, I’m popping in an Adam Sandler movie. The last thing I would wanna do is watch ‘Magnolia,’ you know, or ‘Breaking the Waves.’ So I’m looking at Sandler and thinking God, I wanna get a piece of that. I wanna learn from that dude. What is it that’s so appealing about him to so many people? I think he’s this great communicator, you know.”