Education Quote by John Glover

Acting has trained John Glover to make terror sound like a punchline, and that’s exactly what’s happening here. He’s not confessing stage fright; he’s reframing authority as performance. The line breaks itself into escalating beats - “terrified,” then “boggling,” then the near-comic “Imagine!” - like someone trying to talk themselves into (or out of) a role. By the time he lands on “Standing in front of people!” the repetition turns awe into absurdity, as if the most ordinary job requirement has suddenly been revealed as a cosmic dare.

The subtext is a quiet respect for teaching that’s sharper than any compliment. Glover isn’t saying teachers have it easy; he’s admitting the opposite: that real stakes live there. An actor can bomb and go home. A teacher’s “performance” shapes how a room of minds learns to see itself. That’s why “responsibility” is the key word: he’s spotlighting the asymmetry between being watched and being accountable for what watching does to people.

Context matters, too. Coming from an actor - someone whose career depends on commanding attention - the fear lands as self-aware irony. He’s fluent in presence, yet he treats the classroom as a harder stage because it’s not about charisma; it’s about stewardship. The humor becomes a protective layer over a serious recognition: the scariest part of standing in front of people isn’t exposure. It’s influence.