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 turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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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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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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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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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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When I put something into motion
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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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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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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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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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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