Sandler proud of 'Spanglish'

Although he shows more dramatic range than usual in Spanglish, Adam Sandler isn't running away from comedies.

"I work hard at my movies. But looking back at my career, when I end up having kids and I say 'Throw in that Spanglish', I know I'm going to be very proud of it."

Sandler plays the husband of Tea Leoni, whose Mexican housekeeper (Paz Vega) finds herself in a contest of wills with the neurotically overbearing Leoni.

Sandler has no illusions as to whether his work in the comic drama is Oscar-worthy, although Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt and Shirley MacLaine all received Academy Awards for movies directed by James L. Brooks, director of Spanglish.

"I don't think about that," Sandler said. "I wasn't a kid growing up saying, 'One day I'll get an Oscar and make a speech'. That wasn't on my mind. What I do is the best work I can do."