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).
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.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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When I put something into motion
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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’ve always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly
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Filthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
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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 feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
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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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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 will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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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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