At the end of “Dirty Dancing,” Johnny Castle, a dance instructor at the Kellerman’s resort, has one last chance to prove his worth to the vacationers and staff.
His dance partner and love interest, Baby, cannot dance with him per her dad’s rules, but Johnny changes all that by pulling her up on stage for a final dance number after saying the iconic line.
According to Jennifer Grey, who played Baby, Swayze didn’t like it at all — he deemed the line “corny.”
“He did really great by it. For some reason, there are certain things that feel bad when you’re doing them, [but] you have no idea how they’ll resonate in the world. [That line] means so many things to so many people: There are so many ways that we put ourselves in the corner or we think other people are putting us in the corner, and unless we agree with them that we belong in the corner, then they really can’t — they don’t have that kind of power. But you have to be able to recognize that you don’t belong there.”
