In his most recent major motion picture David Spade is Dickie Roberts, a former child star who was catapulted into super stardom only to see it crumble before his eyes at the tender age of six. Fast forward 30 years and good old Dickie is a parking attendant who desperately wants to be back in the limelight. He finds out that the role of a lifetime is waiting for him, all he has to do is audition for legendary director Rob Reiner. Once Dickie auditions for Reiner he is told that he is not right for the role because he hasn’t had a “normal” childhood. After hearing this Dickie is determined to do whatever it takes to get the part, in this case he decides to hire a family to take him in. While living with his host family Dickie learns the basic fundamentals of what it’s like to be a well rounded individual. The Northeastern News had the opportunity to sit down and speak with the funny man. The Northeastern News: Where do you get your sense of humor from? David Spade: The humor comes from growing up and being really microscopic. I was really tiny and I was in advanced reading and math and I didn’t have any friends. So I just would kind of mumble these little jokes just to get attention. You know, to get some friends. That’s the only reason people would hang out with me, so I’d keep doin’ it. It’s like basically being with your friends watching a movie or ripping on people and then making that public. But then I feel sorry, so in real life I don’t do it as much but it is easy. The News: You teamed up with Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf again, how was that for you? Spade: That’s good for me. I’ve teamed up other times with different movies where I don’t know anybody. I’m just kind of a hired hand to come in to do a couple of days or a couple of weeks it doesn’t seem to be as fun and I don’t think the result is good. I’d rather work with those guys. Adam’s good at keeping people kind of off our back and letting us do our stuff. Fred is just good at not knowing what’s funny about me, knowing my kind of rhythms and I can kind of pitch ideas to him and he knows what I’m talking about. He knows what we’ve done before and what we haven’t done yet. The News: How do you think you’ve grown as an actor since “Joe Dirt?” Spade: Miles. I don’t know if I was an actor in “Joe Dirt.” I don’t know if it’s growing as an actor it’s just natural progression. “Just Shoot Me” helped me with working with people that are movie and stage actors. It wasn’t really much different intentionally. The News: Did you feel sorry for them (child actors)? Spade: I did feel for them. I felt that I would have traded places with them then, but after the fact it’s a rough ride. And being in show biz, just as an adult there’s a lot of troubles thinking what you’re worth, what’s really going on and what people think of you. So when you’re a kid and that happens I think it’s really hard to deal with. I don’t know why they turn into how they do. How did they get there? You just don’t get like that on purpose. It’s hard to talk them into playing a loser with you in a movie when they’re name is on the credit as themselves. The News: How was it working with the children on the set? Spade: That was a lot of fun, makes you think of having kids. It’s a good excuse to be around kids and I think they’re the funniest part of the movie. I never have a dynamic with kids. The News: What do you think people will walk away from this movie thinking? Spade: Maybe have a little more respect for the child actors and basically have a good time. It’s just a lot of fun we try to put a lot of work into it just to get a good hour and a half of some laughs and feel good when you walk out.