I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
ADAM SHANKMANFilthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
ADAM SHANKMANFor me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
ADAM SHANKMANYou are the architect of your own loneliness.
ADAM SHANKMANThere is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
ADAM SHANKMANI’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
ADAM SHANKMANDancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
ADAM SHANKMANthe creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
ADAM SHANKMANI think of myself of as a little bit of hack, and think like that, and I think of her [Mia Michaels] as an artist.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
ADAM SHANKMANReality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.
ADAM SHANKMANI thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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 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.
ADAM SHANKMANAnd I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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