Adam Sandler receives an award for his career as a comedian

Actor Adam Sandler was honored for his career as a comedian this Sunday in Washington at a gala where he was surrounded by his colleagues to pay their respects.

At the age of 56, Sandler received the Mark Twain Award for American Humor, which has been awarded by the Kennedy Center for 24 years in the US capital.

On the red carpet before the gala evening, Sandler reminded EFE of his the first humorous monologue when I was 17: “I wasn’t very good that night. Nobody liked me, but I had a rush to be on stage and try to make people laugh. It didn’t work, so I said, ‘Let’s be good at it.’

He also recalled how this Sunday a woman congratulated him and thanked him for good times What happened to your family watching you movies. “It’s the best feeling to have families having a good time together,” he said.

Sandler became famous when he became part of the cast live on saturday nights and he starred in famous hits from Hollywoodsuch as “Big Daddy” (1999), “The Longest Yard” (2005), “Klik” (2006), “Adults” (2010) and “Hotel Transylvania” (2012).

his films in Netflix are some of the most viewed on the platform such as “Murder Mystery” (2019) -with Jennifer Anistonwho also attended the event-, “Meyerowitz: Family Not Chosen” (2017) -with Ben Stiller, also a guest- and “Hubie’s Halloween” (2020).

Some of her colleagues like drawn by Barrymoreamong others, they wanted to participate in this dedication to humor in Kennedy Center.

“He is the person who deserves it the most out of everyone I know. All the awards that have been created on the planet should be for Adam, because he is a national treasure”, claimed Barrymore for EFE, after dancing the movements of the series “Wednesday” that went viral on TikTok, alluding to her dress.

Actor Rob Schneider described to EFE that Sandler “never lost his inner fourteen-year-old boy” or his passion. “You can’t do comedy well without dramatic structure“, he defended himself, something that Sandler really captures in the drama “Garra”.

The film “Garra”, released last year, highlights his versatility that goes beyond satire and won him an award gotham award for the portrayal of Stanley Sugerman.

Political figures like the former president House of Representatives of the US Congress Nancy Pelosi; White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre and Education Minister Miguel Cardona.

Jean-Pierre stressed to EFE “the importance of respecting careers like Sandler’s.” “There are places where you can find some of that comedy in politics, but there are things that are incredibly important to Americans and you have to be aware of that as well,” he said.

The Mark Twain Award puts Sandler on par with artists such as Eddie Murphy, Carol Burnett and Steve Martinfor his success as an actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician, among other aspects.