I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.

ADAM SHANKMAN

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I was a choreographer in the ’80s and I was doing these videos.

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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.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Incredible Screen
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.

ADAM SHANKMAN

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.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Came Choreographer Quickyky
I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies

ADAM SHANKMAN

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies
ADAM SHANKMAN

Drama Lot
I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

ADAM SHANKMAN

I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.
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Bunch Made Musical
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 SHANKMAN

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 SHANKMAN

Actually Ago Bigger Budget Exact Hairspray Much Rock Year
It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.

ADAM SHANKMAN

It’s been exhausting. It’s been the hardest thing I’ve ever done because it’s just so big, and I haven’t had a lot of time.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Big Exhausting Hardest Lot Thing
the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.

ADAM SHANKMAN

the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Creativity Employed Jump
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.

ADAM SHANKMAN

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.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Bit Hack Think
The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
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Changed Discovery Unimaginable Way
There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.

ADAM SHANKMAN

There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Anand Thakur
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 SHANKMAN

Choreographer Now
I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.

ADAM SHANKMAN

I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz.
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Grew Up
You are the architect of your own loneliness.

ADAM SHANKMAN

You are the architect of your own loneliness.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Anand Thakur
Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.

ADAM SHANKMAN

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Bing Boys Chris Dancing First Happiest
I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.

ADAM SHANKMAN

I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Camera Cut Sexier Sexy
And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.

ADAM SHANKMAN

And I’m just kind of blowing through this. And everybody’s, like, happy, and giving thumbs up.
ADAM SHANKMAN

Blowing Everybody Happy Through Up

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