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 SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
More Adam Shankman Quotes
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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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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’m addicted to directing!
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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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You are the architect of your own loneliness.
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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 thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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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 was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.
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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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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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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 grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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