In order to do a musical now, a style must be developed that works for today's audience.

The day of Olivia's test, John Travolta was made aware of her fears and helped her feel as relaxed as possible.

We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.

We sent away to a Chicago distributor for about twenty vintage 50's popcorn trailers, but they didn't arrive until the night we were shooting at Burbank's Pickwick Drive-in (now a shopping mall).

I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend.

Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all.

I told her it was a bigger than life musical, that all the actors were going to be about the same age, late twenties into thirties. It would be a style; a kind of surreal high school.

As we went into production, there was no song for Olivia and no idea where we would put it. It was not even on the production schedule.