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.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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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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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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There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.
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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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And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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Most of the actors have said “this is the best role they’ve ever had.” So you know, that’s important to me.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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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 grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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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 thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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