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.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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When I put something into motion
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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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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Reality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.
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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 made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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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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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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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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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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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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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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