Quote

President [Barack] Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement.

Danny Glover

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Danny Glover
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: July 22
Actor
Character Actor
Executive Producer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Peace Activist
Singer
Television Actor
Television Producer
San Francisco County
California
Danny Lebern Glover
Daniel Lebern Glover
Rights
President
Certain
Men
Advantages
Civil
Obama
Advantage
Movement

More quotes by Danny Glover

Image
I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.
Danny Glover
Image
The world is dealing with issues of immigration, deindustrialization, and poverty.
Danny Glover
Image
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.
Danny Glover
Image
Democracy is about criticism.
Danny Glover
Image
Mother Earth is in pain and ailing because of global warming.
Danny Glover
Image
It's a misconception to believe that the resistance ended with the civil rights movement.
Danny Glover
Image
I have the capacity to express what I feel needs to be expressed. And I try to do what I believe in.
Danny Glover
Image
I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.
Danny Glover
Image
It's also important for those who promote those issues within the white community - the somewhat privileged community - to talk about issues affecting people of color.
Danny Glover
Image
Art is about the dynamics of the human experience.
Danny Glover
Image
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
Danny Glover
Image
My theatrical background was in the great work of the South African playwright Athol Fugard.
Danny Glover
Image
When someone you know passes on, the only thing you can do is keep moving forward.
Danny Glover
Image
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is.
Danny Glover
Image
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.
Danny Glover
Image
Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.
Danny Glover
Image
One of the main purveyors of violence in this world has been this country America.
Danny Glover
Image
We're trying to tell stories. We're a company that's concerned with global change and the effect of global cinema. We're not simply tied to the very limiting framework of U.S. film-making.
Danny Glover
Image
Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.
Danny Glover
Image
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row
Danny Glover