“I didn't elect [Barack] Obama because he's a black; I voted for Obama because he was the right person at the time.” PersonsBlackBarackRight Person Author:Danny Glover
“The exceptionalism of a black U.S. President is not important to me. It's what he does - and who he has at the table.” DoeImportantBlackPresidentTablesExceptionalism Author:Danny Glover
“What he [Barack Obama] does to change the world - that's what's important.” WorldDoeImportantBarackChanging The WorldWhat's Important Author:Danny Glover
“We live in a climate of fear, and because of this whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion.” WholeClimateIdeologyConsumption Author:Danny Glover
“When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.” PowerfulClassUnionsWorking Class Author:Danny Glover
“There is a lack of leadership outside the Beltway, outside of politics.” Lack Of Leadership Author:Danny Glover
“I remember when Langston Hughes used to write a column in black newspapers around this character Jesse B. Semple. He always used that as a voice, sometimes in comic ways, of having everyday people's voice come through this common folk hero, who was an ordinary working guy. He would talk about anything from police brutality to the Korean War. Those kinds of expression and identification are no longer prevalent in our popular culture.” PeopleWayWritingKindWarSometimesCharacterRememberUsedGuyCultureBlackVoiceCommonExpressionHeroOrdinaryPoliceEverydayFolksNewspapersComicRemember WhenPolice BrutalityBrutalityColumnsKoreanIdentificationPopular CultureKorean WarCommon Folk Author:Danny Glover
“Popular literature and culture used to reflect people's aspirations, pain, and passion. All those particular things are no longer available to us.” PeoplePainUsedCulturePassionLiteratureParticularAvailableAspirationPopular Literature Author:Danny Glover
“Today's cinema is a proliferation of comedies, which are in some ways creating caricature images. They're one-dimensional.” WayTodayComedyCreatingCinemaCaricaturesProliferation Author:Danny Glover
“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.” TryingStoriesFilmCompanyEffectsConcernedCinemaTiedFramework Author:Danny Glover
