There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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I will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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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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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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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’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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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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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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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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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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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People love seeing people trying to change stuff.
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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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