Crispin Glover Net Worth

Crispin Glover's Quotes

• [2003, in "Ain't It Cool News", on contemporary movies] People watch movies--and it's vague ideas, it's vague notions, but people pick up on these things, that they are supposed to think certain ways or that they're not supposed to think, basically, and they don't. And then it's like, if you do any thing that's thoughtful, they think, "Oh, that's weird . . .".
• [2002, in New York Press] Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite. The only true cinema verite would be what Andy Warhol did with his film about the Empire State Building [Empire (1964)]--eight hours or so from one angle, and even then it's not really cinema verite, because you aren't actually there. As soon as anybody puts anything on film, it automatically has a point of view, and it's somebody else's point of view, and it's impossible for it to be yours.
• The United States has its own propaganda, but it's very effective because people don't realize that it's propaganda. And it's subtle, but it's actually a much stronger propaganda machine than the Nazis had but it's funded in a different way. With the Nazis it was funded by the government, but in the United States, it's funded by corporations and corporations only want things to happen that will make people want to buy stuff. So whatever that is, then that is considered okay and good, but that doesn't necessarily mean it really serves people's thinking--it can stupefy and make not very good things happen.
• [on absence of counter-cultural film] There's a healthiness to having something that people some people are taken aback a little, because what that means is that there's a discussion going on, and when there's nothing that's being taken aback, nobody's surprised, nobody's being tested or challenged, then there's no learning process going on, and it makes for a stupefied culture, and I think that's happening.
• In the past, I've never tried to discount or stop what people are saying because on some levels I find it interesting. But if I look on the Internet or in news chat groups, I tend to read, "Oh, that guy's crazy, that guy's nuts. He's insane or psychotic." At a certain point, it does get a bit like, "I'm not. Really." Look, I one-hundred percent admit and in fact implore people to understand that, yes, I am very interested in countercultural things. But there's a difference between having artistic interests and being psychotic. That's more than a fine line of differentiation, and I do see that a bit too much.

Interesting Facts about Crispin Glover

1. Son of Betty Glover (née Krachey) and Bruce Glover.
2. Attended The Mirman School, a private K thru 8 school for mentally gifted children in Bel-Air, California. His mother, Betty, remained active with the school after his graduation, choreographing student musicals and graduation ceremonies.
3. In an earlier draft of the screenplay for Terug naar de toekomst (1985), his character, George McFly, went on to become a world-class boxer instead of a writer.
4. Attended Beverly Hills High School, the same high school as Logan Lerman, Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily and Albert Brooks. He graduated in 1982.
5. When reminded by David Letterman in 1992 of his first appearance on [error], when Glover had aimed a kick at the television host's head, Crispin replied, "What a crazy thing to do!".
6. In Scary Movie 2 (2001), Chris Elliott spoofs The Thin Man, Glover's character in Charlie's Angels (2000) and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).
7. Started acting professionally in 1977.
8. 'Weird Al' Yankovic offered him the role of Philo in UHF (1989), which went to Anthony Geary.
9. Has worked with Johnny Depp in three films as of 2010: What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993), Dead Man (1995), and Alice in Wonderland (2010). Depp shares the same birthday with Michael J. Fox, who played Glover's son in Terug naar de toekomst (1985).
10. Was one three actors from Terug naar de toekomst (1985) who was replaced by another actor in the sequels. Eric Stoltz was replaced by Michael J. Fox in the original production. Claudia Wells was replaced by Elisabeth Shue in the sequels. Glover did not reach a financial agreement with the producers. This is why George McFly (played by Jeffrey Weissman) appears in only a handful of scenes, and also why the plot of Back to the Future Part II (1989) revolves around him being assassinated.
11. Is three years younger than Michael J. Fox, who played his son in Terug naar de toekomst (1985), and 11 years older than Angelina Jolie, who played his mother in Beowulf (2007). Both films were directed by Robert Zemeckis.
12. The band Jessicka has a song titled "Crispin Glover".
13. A Norwegian record label is named "Crispin Glover Records". Their logo is his distinct hair style.
14. In addition to co-starring with Johnny Depp in three movies, Glover appeared in Epic Movie (2007) as Willy Wonka, who Depp played in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
15. Has twice played characters whose present circumstances have been changed by time travel. In Terug naar de toekomst (1985), he plays George McFly, who changes from hen-pecked loser to successful writer as a result of his son traveling back to the 1950s. In Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), he plays Phil the bellboy, whose missing arm is restored as a result of a journey back in time to 1986.
16. Was a guest at the wedding of Madonna and Sean Penn. At the time, Crispin was working with Sean on At Close Range (1986). At the wedding, Crispin met Andy Warhol, who he played four and a half years later in The Doors (1991).
17. Counts Rainer Werner Fassbinder, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski, Werner Herzog and Andy Kaufman among his inspirations.
18. Attended Venice High School in Los Angeles, California.
19. Has English, Czech/Bohemian, German and Swedish ancestry. His paternal grandmother was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to Swedish parents.
20. Maverick award 2005 by the Method Festival presented by Werner Herzog.