Ben Stiller couldn't be happier to be celebrating his longtime friend Adam Sandler on his big night.
Stiller walked the carpet outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, whereBefore the star-studded ceremony, Stiller stopped to talk with ET's Rachel Smith about why he was there to show Sandler some love, and how close he feels to his fellow comic star.
"I think his his true self comes through in his work and who he is," he continued. "Very honest, and in his comedy and his acting, he reveals himself. And I think people really appreciate that and connect with that."-- in which Stiller has a small but memorable role as a sadistic nursing home orderly -- and then working alongside each other in several subsequent projects.
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