Sandler Tugs at Heartstrings in 'Mr. Deeds'

June 24 -- Adam Sandler is the comic who appeals to your inner adolescent.

Moviegoers cheered him on when he was unable to hold a job in Big Daddy, when he was humiliated in sports in The Waterboy, and finally, when he was unlucky in love, in The Wedding Singer.

The Sandler hero, classically, is an eccentric, loveable loser turned unconventional success. Now, Sandler takes on a new kind of role, as the sweeter, softer and constantly hugging, Longfellow Deeds in the new movie, Mr. Deeds.

It is a remake of the Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Gary Cooper was our hero in the original, and Sandler is our hero now. ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer spoke to him about his new movie. The following is the uncorrected, unedited transcript of the interview that aired on Good Morning America.

ABCNEWS' Diane Sawyer: So how did you get so beautiful?

Adam Sandler: I don't know. I just — Oil of Olay.

Sawyer: Oil of Olay, huh?

Sandler: Yeah, I just, I just care a lot about if you touch me, if I feel right. I don't know, I always my whole life I just wanted people, no matter where they touched me on my body, I wanted it to feel smooth to them, so that's probably helped.

Sawyer: Because I remember the last time we talked, you felt that people hadn't really treated seriously enough the hunky shape you were in.

Sandler: Yeah. Yeah.

Sawyer: And I just want to make sure that I'm the first to treat it seriously enough.

Sandler: You know what? You treating me right it's like everyone's — I think you could start the whole craze.

Sawyer: I really think I could, too.

Sandler: Thank you.

(Voice over) In Mr. Deeds, Adam Sandler's character wakes up one day to a $40 billion inheritance from a relative he's never met.

Sawyer: So, "Mr. Deeds," had you seen the movie as a kid? Did you know anything about the story?

Sandler: Yeah, I saw it when I was a kid. I thought Gary Cooper was real cool. Old movie.

Sawyer: And it's heartwarming.

Sandler: Yeah, it's sweet. It's very — it's a very sweet movie, very romantic. The guy that I play is such a nice man and doesn't curse, doesn't, you know, he just stands up for what he believes in.