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.

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

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

I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

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.

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

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.