Brad Pitt Adam Sandler birthday story
by Capucine · old hollywood: Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler hits 60, and Brad Pitt is sharing a favorite story he heard from Bennett Miller. It involves an acting professor at NYU who took Sandler out for a beer, told him he had heart but no talent, and advised him to pick another path. Years later, after Sandler made his ultimate payday, he ran into that same professor at a bar in the Heights. Instead of rubbing it in, Sandler introduced the man to his friends as the only teacher to ever buy me a beer. Matt Damon also praised Sandler's performance in Uncut Gems, noting that while Sandler feels more comfortable with comedy, hearing that specific feedback felt good.
Transcript (en)
You were talking about NYU, your time at NYU? Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is my favorite Adam Sandler story that I heard from Bennett Miller. Oh really? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. And it was that you were at NYU. Yes. And it was an acting coach, I believe, or acting professor. Acting professor, yeah. Okay, and he said to you, he said, I want to take you out for a beer? Is this how it, he took you out for a beer. Yeah, something like that. This is what I'm told. I'm told he took you out for a beer right now you guys went to a bar right and he he kindly said to you yes think about something else listen you got a heart but you don't have it you don't have it yeah right choose another path truth truth it was it was like that he and he actually he sent a letter this is just what is the second part to the story yeah you're okay yeah yeah but that you all right this is the event it reminded me of this This is why it's my favorite Adam Sandler story, and I think he says it a lot about you, that you ran into him at the Heights, you know, when you're getting the ultimate payday, and you're with a bunch of friends, and you run into him out at a bar. Yeah. And anyone would think that the opportunity where you go you know you rub it in his face And reportedly what you did was you said hi and you introduced him to your friends and you said this is the only teacher to ever buy me a beer. Something like that. That's right. That's right. Yeah. True? Yeah, yeah. Of course. Of course. I love that. I think it just, that's the guy I know, and I think that's why you're here after all these. I love you. You too, Brad. There's nobody, I mean, even when I would talk to you about, I just got done seeing your movies, and I was just trying to tell you how much I love them, which they both crushed me, you didn't want to talk about that for one second. You're just a thing. Let's move on, Matt. You don't want to sit in here. Doesn't it feel like we're on to the next, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, live our lives. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I got to tell you, when you tell me I did good in Uncut Gems, that feels good. I can sit in that a little bit. I'm like, because I've, what you've been doing over so many years and crushing for so long, when you tell me I'm doing something good, because it's not my, I'm so much more comfortable with the comedy, and if you're saying I'm doing well on this stuff, that does feel nice. Crushed it. Right on me.
