He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
ADAM SHANKMANI 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 SHANKMANI’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
ADAM SHANKMANIt’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.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
ADAM SHANKMANPeople love seeing people trying to change stuff.
ADAM SHANKMANAnd I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
ADAM SHANKMANThere is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
ADAM SHANKMANWhen the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a career very quickly.
ADAM SHANKMANI turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANMia 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).
ADAM SHANKMANReality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.
ADAM SHANKMANthe creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
ADAM SHANKMANThere 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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