There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.
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).
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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I’m addicted to directing!
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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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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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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’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
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It’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.
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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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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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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I will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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When I put something into motion
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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People love seeing people trying to change stuff.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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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