I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
ADAM SHANKMANthe creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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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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Filthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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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.
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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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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).
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And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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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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