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 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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I’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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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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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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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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And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
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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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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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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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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 addicted to directing!
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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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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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When I put something into motion
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