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.
ADAM SHANKMANMary 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.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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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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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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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’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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People love seeing people trying to change stuff.
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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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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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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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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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