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).
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.
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.
![Adam Shankman Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/i-actually-had-less-time-and-the-exact-same-budget-683x1024.jpg)
![Adam Shankman Quote - There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/there-was-a-lot-of-stuff-in-rock-of-ages-that-had--683x1024.jpg)
![Adam Shankman Quote - I think of myself of as a little bit of hack, and think like that, and I think of her [Mia Michaels] as an artist.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/i-think-of-myself-of-as-a-little-bit-of-hack-and-t-683x1024.jpg)
![Adam Shankman Quote - 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.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mary-j-blige-is-the-queen-latifah-character-her-vo-683x1024.jpg)
