I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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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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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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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 made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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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 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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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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I’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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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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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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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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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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When I put something into motion
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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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