I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
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.
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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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I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.
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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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I did an Extreme video, which was really weird having them here. I did “Get the Funk Out”.
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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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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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I’m addicted to directing!
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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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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 made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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I’m just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I’ll die.
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the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
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Believe 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
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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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Rock of the ages been a really interesting job.
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