I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.

We are sometimes depressed by our failure to convince people who strongly believe that we are that we are definitely not depressed.

It's like algebra, that's all. I just have to figure it out, step by step.

One day, while life is being incredible and interesting, I’m going to die.

The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.

Yeah, I try to be really calm.

Hamlet has been played by 5,000 actors, no wonder he is crazy.

You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.

I don't like bare floors.

People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward