The Waterboy_ Adam Sandler on His Inspiration for Bobby Boucher (Flashback)

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00:00 We were making an album. My buddy Lachran was reading the Sports Illustrated and we were talking about Waterboys.

00:07 And then the idea of a guy...

00:22 A waterboy has a lot of rage inside and he finally explodes and tackles somebody and then we thought it would be fun.

00:28 It would be fun to do a movie about a guy who instead of a quarterback or a running back, a linebacker,

00:33 the movie is a guy who can tackle well.

00:36 There's a lot of pain and shame in those eyes.

00:41 It's all over.

00:42 Wow, that is a disturbing image.

00:46 Everybody's been through humiliating in front of a lot of people, getting messed with by somebody.

00:56 When you don't fight back and you feel stupid and you walk away.

01:00 I went through that before in my life. I remember laying in my bed after getting some crap in school

01:05 and going home laying in my bed feeling like, "Why didn't I fight back? God, my heart hurts. Your heart hurts the whole night."

01:14 And then the next day you're fighting back in places where it's not making sense

01:19 because you feel bad that you didn't do it the day before.

01:22 Something wrong with his medulla oblongata.

01:25 [Gatorade]

01:26 [Gatorade]

01:27 [Gatorade]

01:28 [Gatorade]

01:29 That's what's great about this guy. He fights back one time.

01:34 Finally, after 31 years of getting made fun of and then he's constantly fighting back. He's a nice man.

01:43 Water sucks. Gatorade is better.

01:46 What?

01:47 Use it on the field.

01:49 Gatorade.

01:52 H2O.

01:53 Water sucks. It really, really sucks.

01:56 We shot the movie down in Florida and my parents would come visit the set.

02:00 My mom was excited to talk to Henry every time and would give him kisses on occasion.

02:08 "Oh my!" and give him a kiss on the cheek.

02:10 If that was my wife, I'd be like, "Hey, easy."

02:14 But my dad was like, "Hey, kiss him again."

02:18 They ever catch that gorilla what escaped from the zoo and punched you in the eye?

02:24 No, Mama. The search continues.

02:27 Yeah, Kathy Bates, she plays my mama. She loves her boy.

02:32 Doesn't want her boy to do much without her mama around.

02:35 Got to know Kathy pretty well and she's a nice lady.

02:40 Powerbomb. Complimented Captain Insano.

02:44 And I always enjoy writing about underdogs and guys who got abused and picked on and whatnot.

02:52 And then fighting back.

02:55 You excuse a guy's behavior if you feel that the or a woman's behavior, if you feel they've been messed with a lot.

03:02 If you write that they yell at somebody, you're never mad at the guy for yelling.

03:08 You understand where it's coming from.

03:10 And that's what I call high-quality H2O.

03:13 (screams)

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