Craig Brewer Quotes

#1. 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.

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

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#3. 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.

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#4. 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.

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#5. 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.

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#6. 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.

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#7. I've done movies where I've had to cast actors and teach them to rap, and cast rappers and teach them to act.

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#8. 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.

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#9. Sometimes I feel that 'Footloose' is the rite of passage.

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#10. I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.

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#11. I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

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#12. 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.

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#13. I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

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