The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there
ADAM SHANKMANThere 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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I did an Extreme video, which was really weird having them here. I did “Get the Funk Out”.
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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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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People love seeing people trying to change stuff.
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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 feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies
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Mia Michaels is to my mind one of the most interesting choreographers alive right now and my colleague and my friend from So You Think (You Can Dance).
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Filthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
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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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When I put something into motion
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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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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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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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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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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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
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I will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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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.
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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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I’m addicted to directing!
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