Danny Glover

thumb Daniel Leburn Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor and producer. Quotes There are the moments that you keep remembering that validate the fact that you can remember stuff. And there are moments I’ll never forget. The history of my dad is that he remembers every single thing back to 1970, what corner he was standing on, who he spoke to, what they spoke about, what color they were wearing, everything. I’ve had the opportunity to talk about how I see the world and what relationship I played in the world. I began acting because I was a citizen. Acting is what gave me a voice. He was in his own pain too as well. Part of the outcome of that was his own healing. In those kind of relationships, people have an opportunity to resolve their own internal contradiction. Danny Glover Opens Up About Living with Alzheimer’s Disease at 79: ‘I Want to Say, Your Life Continues’ (Exclusive);By Janine Rubenstein on July 1, 2026 I went to college at a time of the civil rights movement, the student sit-ins in the South, the anti-war movement, and the free speech movement. Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage. When I was 20 years old, still in college, I began working in a tutorial program. The program was in the Western Addition — the Filmore area of San Francisco — a primarily black community that was in the midst of a relocation and redevelopment battle over who was going to control what the city looked like, what kind of jobs were going to be available, who was going to be displaced, and what the displacement was going to cost. Homeowners were fighting to retain their homes —they were fighting for their existence as a primarily African-American community. I was able to do To Sleep with Anger, a very powerful film about African Americans, their spirituality, and the things that happened within a small community and a family. I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men. The Lethal Weapon films provided a platform for me to do work that perhaps otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to do. It is emotionally exhausting, not because of my position but because I know the scenario. Whether I am in Georgia or South Africa, the stories I hear about homelessness, jobs, adequate diet are the same. Certainly it is difficult to see that kind of abject poverty. You don’t say, okay I’ve made my visit and now let me close up the gates. You don’t sleep at night. Danny Glover: An Interview by Sarah van Gelder;By SARAH VAN GELDER on Apr 1, 2001 External links Category:Actors from San Francisco Category:Living people Category:1946 births Category:Activists from the United States Category:Civil rights activists Category:Film directors from the United States Category:Film producers from the United States Category:Anti-war activists Category:Voice actors Category:African Americans