“I did an Extreme video, which was really weird having them here. I did “Get the Funk Out”.”

When I put something into motion

And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.

I will never lose anything that an audience will miss

Most of the actors have said “this is the best role they’ve ever had.” So you know, that’s important to me.

People love seeing people trying to change stuff.

I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much bigger movie [then Rock of Ages]. That’s the way studios do it now.

The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.

Believe me, there was never any discussion of lip syncing or another voice or anything like that, because if the guy’s going to hang out on the top of the Burj

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.

There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.

I think of myself of as a little bit of hack, and think like that, and I think of her [Mia Michaels] as an artist.

I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.

I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.

I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.

I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.

It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.

Poverty is what we call the extremes at the bottom.

I’m extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn’t project that all the time.

I cheated a lot, because I just couldn’t sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

If you’re extremely confident, taking a loss doesn’t bother you.

Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.

When contemplated in its extreme, almost any power looks dangerous.

The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.