Rocketing from his success with 'The Waterboy,' ADAM SANDLER is back. But this time, he's a 'Big Daddy!' ET talked to Adam about his major new role -- and lessons in spitting. Has fame changed Adam Sandler's life? ET has the answer here!

Julie Moran: Now they say never work with kids or animals, but you never live by the rules, right?

Adam Sandler: I worked with ROB SCHNEIDER and he is an animal. (laughs) I like those kids. Julie: They are adorable. COLE [SPROUSE] and DYLAN [SPROUSE], right?

Adam: That's their names? Because on the set I was always, "Umm, that one!" (laughs)

Julie: Where did you find those kids?

Adam: They had some crazy thing out in the papers, and all the agents were bringing kids in. And I think they were the first ones we saw. They were pretty darn cool.

Julie: Did you have kid approval?

Adam: You know how I did it? I met 'em and I was like, "You guys want to do this?" And they said, "Yes." "Do you like to eat, food?" And they said, "Yes." "Do you mind if I eat a lot of food?" And they said, "That's fine." And I said, "Let's do this thing." And we all high-fived. I met their grandmother. That was in their contract, that their grandmother watched them on the set -- because I have some weird thing where I feel I need to be accepted. So their grandmother would come up and kiss me -- and that would make me feel better about myself -- and we could work.

Julie: Sure. Now tell me this spit thing wasn't for real.

Adam: Naw, that wasn't.

Julie: When the kids spit. That had to come out of your brain.

Adam: Yeah, that one did. That came out of my brain, because my little cousin Jenna -- when she would come visit me in New Hampshire -- she was a New York girl. She was a nice kid. All my nephews and nieces and cousins were nice kids and they didn't curse or do anything. So I always used to teach them how to curse and spit.

Adam gives us his parenting advice.

Julie: Oh, that's a good uncle.

Adam: Yeah, I was stupid I guess. But this girl, I taught her how to hack it up. Off my grandmother's balcony. We were on the 9th floor and I taught her how to hack it up.

Julie: You did a really good job. Now the kid in the park, that was a great pick-up scene. What was the most outrageous thing you've ever done to pick up a girl?

Adam: I ain't good at that stuff.

Julie: Really?

Adam: No. That was a good move. My characters are all suave, and they know what to do. But that's because we sit in a room and write it for them. But when it actually comes to talking to people...

Julie: Women?

Adam: Women. I always was good at just sitting in my chair and then going home that night with my friends.

Julie: When you sit in your chair, they come to you.

Adam: (laughs) They chose not to.

Julie: But now you are this romantic leading man. You know that don't you?

Adam: Yeah. On paper.

Julie: Well, why do girls dig you? They do.

Adam: Now, you say that they do, and that's nice. But I think anything a girl would like in me, it's because there is no fear. They know they are smarter then me. (laughs) They know they are better looking then me. And they know that I'll follow them around and say, "Please, what can I do for you?" I'm just a brother.

 Julie: Women like that.

Adam: I'm a brother. There is nothing sexual. They are not like, "Man, I'd like to do something with that guy. Man, he must look good with his shirt off." They are more like, "I could tolerate that guy. He's alright. He ain't going to yell at me."

Julie: Well, you are doing something right. Now tell me this, there is all this controversy over this poster. What is going on?

Adam: Yeah, I wish I had an answer to that. I've heard about controversy before, I've seen them on television. I'm always like, "There is a controversy?" And I guess there is something about my poster. We're peeing on the wall. And some people are saying it encourages that behavior -- if you see it on the street, you're maybe going to want to pee on the wall. And it makes sense. I don't want people to go around peeing on the wall. It just happened to be in the movie. We're in a restaurant in New York. It's a crowded restaurant, or an uppity restaurant, and the guy won't let us in to use the bathroom, so we pee on his wall. We just thought it would kind of sum up the movie, that my guy is teaching the kid the wrong examples. And I guess I understand. Some cities don't like it. But I got to let some cities in on a secret -- I think people pee on streets even without my little my poster.

Julie: Now you are in that MEL GIBSON, TOM CRUISE power salary category. That has got to be surreal for you.

Adam: It's funny. It's pretty funny.

Julie: What do you think of it all?

Adam: I don't really have time to sit around and think about it. It comes up in conversation with a relative. A cousin I haven't heard from for awhile will call up, "What's going on with that money?" But I don't have much time to spend it. I bought my parents some stuff. That feels kind of good to be able to do that. I got them a place in Florida. I think I'm allowed to say that -- I hope my dad doesn't get mad at me. But I don't spend money on myself. I don't like myself enough yet. But the people I love, I like spending the cash on them.

Julie: Your dad has said that you are now getting paid for stuff he used to try to stop you from doing.

Adam: That's true. He didn't like me making a spectacle of myself. I'm not the kind of guy who likes being looked at too much. I don't know why I got into this, into being in movies, being a comedian. I always feel very odd. When I was a stand-up and they introduce me, I would panic. I was sick. When I do "Letterman" or "Leno" or "Conan" and they are introducing me, I think, "Why did I get into this?" I don't know how it happened. I guess in my house when I was growing up, I was comfortable trying to be funny. And my dad, of course, it bugged him sometimes. He was trying to rest, and I was constantly trying to say something stupid to get a reaction. But I like doing these movies. You can do it in front of the camera and then it's over. I don't have to worry about being in front of too many people.