Danny Glover
Danny Glover
Danny Lebern Gloveris an American actor, film director, and political activist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1946
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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It has both social, political and historical dynamics to it. That story is not singularly an African American story, it has universality to it.
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I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me. It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising.
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I read Fanon when I was 20, and his writings moved me, ... It's very important for me to be involved in consciousness-raising.
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I had a chance to meet members of the Count Basie Jazz Band when they came to Southwest to give a jazz clinic.
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If I judge a character, I'm defeating the purpose.
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It's one of the classic works of this period. The novel itself stands up on its own, and as a result of that, you're going to have a great deal of material as an offspring.
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The points leader (Ferris) had nothing for me. Once I got outside, I was gone.
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If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country
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But rarely have I made choices that made me feel I was really compromising what I believe.
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New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?
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I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.
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I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.
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The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist
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Kids made fun of me because I was dark skinned, had a wide nose, and was dyslexic. Even as an actor, it took me a long time to realize why words and letters got jumbled in my mind and came out differently.