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

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Adam Shankman
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 27
Actor
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Director
LA
California
Adam Michael Shankman
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Hollywood
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Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.
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I grew up looking at the Sunset Strip, literally. The things that I remember are the Rainbow Room, the Roxy, the Bizarries, Tower, I grew up my whole life going there, Filthy McNasty's and I said, I need these things and now fill it in with other iconic buildings.
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For me, there was never an end game for becoming a director.
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I've always sort of marveled at our ability to chat and match, because of, I come, honestly 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'm living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.
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