I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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.
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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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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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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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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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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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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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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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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.
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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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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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I did an Extreme video, which was really weird having them here. I did “Get the Funk Out”.
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