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.
ADAM SHANKMANI turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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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When I put something into motion
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Mia 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).
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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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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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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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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I’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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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 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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