I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANIt’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.
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When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a career very quickly.
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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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When I put something into motion
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I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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.
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The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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Mary J. Blige is the Queen Latifah character. Her voice in this movie [Rock of ages] is, she just gives it this incredible warmth, and she’s just this person who blows out of the screen. She’s just incredible.
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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
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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.
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I’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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