“Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.”

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.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay.

Everything I wore was pink and sparkly. And I had an obsession with headbands. I felt like I rocked them, though!

I’ve talked to Bill Clinton – he’s the ultimate rock star; no one’s more charming than him. People clap in a restaurant when he finishes dinner! I don’t get that treatment. I get it when I walk onstage, but not when I have dinner.

The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.

The writer must hew the phantom rock.

We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.

Can you wonder it is so miserable? Do you know how men should love? A tree. A rock. A cloud.

I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.