“I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.”

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.

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I’d say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.

I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.

I grew up in a very loud family where you had to fight to get your voice heard, in a good way.

I grew up in the inner city of Chicago, and then I moved to Robbins, and it kind of raised me.

I grew up with artists.

How I grew up, everybody was telling me, “You can’t do this, you can’t get tattoos, you’ve got to look a certain way.” Now, I’m like, “Why?”

Because I grew up with a drill sergeant in my life,