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 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’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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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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He’s not going to let anybody do his singing for him.
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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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Filthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
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When I put something into motion
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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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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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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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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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I will never lose anything that an audience will miss
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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