Actor Danny Glover came to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Tuesday to discuss epilepsy, but his remarks soon turned to one of his most beloved roles — that of “Henry Sherman” in “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
In his comments, Glover said he was initially reluctant to play the Tenenbaum family accountant, but director Wes Anderson kept harping on him to do it. Glover said he still wasn’t sold until he went to the United Nations to introduce former Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Afterward, Anderson told him that his persona on the dais was exactly what he was looking for in the film, and Glover finally agreed.
Afterward, Glover told us the election of Barack Obama will not diminish his frequent trips here as an activist on education, Africa, the food supply, and other issues . “I’m not taking any vacations, and those people who are talking about transformational change aren’t taking any vacations,” he said.
He said he’s never been to the White House under this or any other administration, but it’s “not on the top of my radar screen.”
After having breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental with PhRMA’s Ken Johnson, he taped an episode of the organization’s show “Sharing Miracles” with Billy Tauzin, its president. They discussed Glover’s battle with epilepsy.
