“I got a Walkman, I had the 'Footloose' soundtrack and I danced to it constantly.” SoundtracksFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage.” FeelsSometimesPassagesRiteRite Of PassageFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“And out of all the movies, I don't know what it is, I'll always sit down and watch our 'Footloose'. I cry, I get excited, I cheer, my heart pounds. I really enjoy it.” KnowsHeartEnjoyWatchesCryMy HeartDown AndExcitedPoundsCheerFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.” ThinkingPoliticalEmotionalTownsClimateTraumaShockStarting OverFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“I think that there's a particular type of person who goes into children's theater, and then goes into theater in high school. There was something about the guys I knew in theater, we were all very vulnerable. You could tell that at some point we were made fun of.” ThinkingChildrenPersonsMadeSchoolGuyFunParticularTypeHigh SchoolTheaterVulnerable Author:Craig Brewer
“I was raised a Southern Baptist, and my whole family were Christians. However, my Dad was really into science and astronomy, so I felt very balanced. I still had respect for faith.” StillsWholeChristianFeltDadRaisedMy DadAstronomySouthernBalancedBaptistsWhole FamilySouthern Baptist Author:Craig Brewer
“I was chubby and awkward, and the only way I could really meet girls was to join children's theater, so that's what I did.” WayChildrenGirlTheaterAwkward Author:Craig Brewer
“I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.” CreativeProjectsCasting Author:Craig Brewer
“There's something really special for a young person to sit in an audience and discover somebody, and it's rare to do because so much of a movie's economics are based on pre-existing actors or actresses.” PersonsYoungActorsAudienceSpecialEconomicsActresses Author:Craig Brewer
“I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.” DoneActorsTeachCastsRapRapper Author:Craig Brewer
“That movie was my girlfriend. That was my girl." I knew there was going to be initial anger. As a matter of fact, when I was deciding to do Footloose that was one of the first things that I had to realize. First of all, I had to figure out a human connection to it but then I also had to reconcile that I was going to get beat up a little bit on this a little bit.” FirstsHumansLittlesMatterFactsGirlBitsRealizingFiguresLittle BitBeatsConnectionsGirlfriendInitialsMatter Of FactMy GirlfriendReconcileMy GirlHuman ConnectionFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“You write a screenplay and then everybody is going to want to get in on it and we have to figure that out. I've written three screenplays that are at studios and I still haven't been making them yet so there is always something that is either going to trip something up or maybe get another pass.” WantWritingStillsThreeWrittenHavensFiguresStudiosScreenplays Author:Craig Brewer
