I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANDancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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I will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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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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And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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When I put something into motion
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I’m addicted to directing!
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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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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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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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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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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 grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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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