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 SHANKMANI grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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I’m addicted to directing!
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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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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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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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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I’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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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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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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