John Glover Quotes

• Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you’ll excuse the pun.

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• When I first arrived in Los Angeles I became a little bogged down in the whole success thing. Now I’m at a place in my life and career where I just want to work. It’s what I do and it makes me very happy.

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• Welding torches, cutting torches and any activity producing a flame outside is prohibited. Any open flame is discouraged.

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• There’s more depth to Lionel. What I am finding so interesting about playing him is there’s all these different layers. I prefer playing Lionel because he’s a human being.

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• There are parts of me that I keep secret even from myself. I have demons and I’d love to be able to healthily look at the demons and still be a wonderful actor and not feel I need them to create.

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• Luck has had a great deal to do with my career.

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• I was terrified of being a teacher. To stand in front of a classroom, the responsibility is boggling. Imagine! Standing in front of people!

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• I wonder why I keep playing such intelligent people?

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• I want to keep – this seems so corny – I want to keep growing as an artist.

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• I think we all have madness in us, it’s just that I’ve realized mine and found a way to let it out.

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• I guess that’s a flaw in my career, that I like to work too much.

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• I graduated from high school in ’62 and I didn’t know any people who were gay. I’m sure there were people, but I didn’t know any. For years and years, I guess, I was very uptight about being a gay actor. I thought it would make me less hirable.

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• Brimstone was great. That was another occasion when they called me in to do the pilot and it turned into a regular job, which made me quite happy. It was another really good experience and we were all so surprised when they pulled the plug on it.

  John Glover

• An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, ‘Here, come and do this,’ That’s the hard part.

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Birth:	7th August, 1944
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

John Soursby Glover Jr. was born in Salisbury, Maryland, USA. He is an American actor. He attended Wicomico High School and acted at Towson University. He began his career at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia, and later studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. His role in several films include: Shamus, Julia, Last Embrace, The Mountain Men, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, White Nights, 52 Pick-Up, Rocket Gibraltar, The Chocolate War, Gremlins 2, Ed and His Dead Mother, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Broken Giant, Sanitarium, and Reality. His role in television include: Breaking Point (TV film), Brimstone (TV series), and Smallville (TV series).

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