Craig Brewer
I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.Collection: Grew Up
Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage.Collection: Footloose
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.Collection: Emotional
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.Collection: Girl
I got a Walkman, I had the 'Footloose' soundtrack and I danced to it constantly.Collection: Footloose
I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'Collection: People
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.Collection: Cheer
I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.Collection: Creative
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.Collection: Children
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.Collection: Christian
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.Collection: Special
I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.Collection: Rap
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.Collection: Girl
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.Collection: Writing