Adam Shankman

I'm addicted to directing!

— Adam Shankman

I really loved making 'A Walk to Remember', so I'm not afraid of making smaller films. But for me, I just need…

— Adam Shankman

I was a choreographer in the '80s and I was doing these videos. I did an Extreme video, which was really weird…

— Adam Shankman

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

— Adam Shankman

Rock of the ages been a really interesting job. It's been exhausting. It's been the hardest thing I've ever done because it's…

— Adam Shankman

Mary J. Blige is the Queen Latifah character. Her voice in this movie [Rock of ages] is, she just gives it this…

— Adam Shankman

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of…

— Adam Shankman

I've always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly I think of myself of…

— Adam Shankman

When the opportunity to choreograph came up, it was nothing more in my head but an opportunity. Then it suddenly became a…

— Adam Shankman

I'm living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.

— Adam Shankman

There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.…

— Adam Shankman

A little secret - I'm the child of a shrink. I am; my mom's a shrink, and my father's a lawyer. So…

— Adam Shankman

I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much…

— Adam Shankman

You are the architect of your own loneliness.

— Adam Shankman

The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.

— Adam Shankman

I will never lose anything that an audience will miss.I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is…

— Adam Shankman

“He walks like Dracula, with footsteps as silent like death. No, really? He's in his room.”

— 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

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of…

— Adam Shankman

People love seeing people trying to change stuff.

— Adam Shankman

Mia Michaels is to my mind one of the most interesting choreographers alive right now and my colleague and my friend from…

— Adam Shankman

There is no one who likes a challenge more than Tom Cruise. Believe me, there was never any discussion of lip syncing…

— Adam Shankman

For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.

— Adam Shankman

I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under…

— Adam Shankman

I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally. The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries,…

— Adam Shankman