The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there
ADAM SHANKMANI thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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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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 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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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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When I put something into motion
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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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And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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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’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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