Quotes by Craig Brewer

About Craig Brewer:

Craig Brewer is an American film director and screenwriter. His 2005 movie Hustle & Flow won the Audience Award at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and achieved commercial success, along with an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp".
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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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I'm surprised by how many people have not seen 'Footloose.'

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

Craig Brewer

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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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...

Craig Brewer

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

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I grew up in a place that felt very integrated.

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 really enjoy it.

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Author Bio

  • NameCraig Brewer
  • DescriptionFilm director, screenwriter
  • BornDecember 6, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Film Director; Film Producer