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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.