The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there
ADAM SHANKMANMost 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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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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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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Reality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
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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.
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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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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