I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
ADAM SHANKMANI turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.
ADAM SHANKMANMia 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 SHANKMANMary 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.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
ADAM SHANKMANBelieve 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
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.
ADAM SHANKMANFilthy McNasty’s and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
ADAM SHANKMANI grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m addicted to directing!
ADAM SHANKMANYou are the architect of your own loneliness.
ADAM SHANKMANPeople love seeing people trying to change stuff.
ADAM SHANKMANI’m living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
ADAM SHANKMANDancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
ADAM SHANKMANI feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies
ADAM SHANKMANthe creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
ADAM SHANKMAN