Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
ADAM SHANKMANRock of the ages been a really interesting job.
ADAM SHANKMANMary 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 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.
ADAM SHANKMANWhen I put something into motion
ADAM SHANKMANI feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
ADAM SHANKMANthe creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
ADAM SHANKMANI’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
ADAM SHANKMANThe discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
ADAM SHANKMANI turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANAnd I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
ADAM SHANKMANI made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
ADAM SHANKMANFor me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
ADAM SHANKMAN