'The Waterdance' was made for all the right reasons. Everybody that was involved in the film gave it their all.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I tried to dance in my earlier films, but it was more like struggling to stay afloat once you are thrown into the water.
I think the thing that we agreed to so many years ago, actually, was that the music didn't have to support the dance nor the dance illustrate the music, but they could be two things going on at the same time.
I always promised myself if I ever got the chance to do a 'Flashdance'-type of movie, I would do my own dancing. I can say with pride that every single dance move in 'Go For It!' is my own dance move.
Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.
Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies.
Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they're always trying to get me in the water in movies! I've drawn the line now with this film. No more water!
I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.
'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.
Dance looks absurd on film, I think, like little puppets moving around.