“I will never lose anything that an audience will miss”

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 Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.

I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.

Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.

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).

the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.

I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

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.

Is it possible that software is not like anything else.

To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.

I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career – anything for a laugh.

Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.

There is a great difference between discoveries and inventions. With discoveries, one can always be skeptical, and many surprises can take place. In the case of inventions, surprises can really only occur for people who have not had anything to do with it.

After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else.

Never wear anything that panics the cat.