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…

- Craig Brewer

I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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…

- 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 abo…

- Craig Brewer

I got a Walkman, I had the 'Footloose' soundtrack and I danced to it constantly.

- 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…

- 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…

- Craig Brewer