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 SHANKMANDancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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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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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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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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When I put something into motion
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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’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
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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 was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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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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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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I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
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I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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