Description: A Kansan with a political future.

Transcript: My name is Dan Glickman. I am Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Question: Where are you from and how has that shaped you?

Transcript: I was born in Wichita, Kansas and I lived there through high school. It has had a remarkably big impact. I mean I was always, you know . . . I came from not such a small town, but I came from a Midwestern state; a farm state; rural. I think it had a lot of impact in terms of Midwestern values, how I deal with people. I still consider myself a Kansan even though I haven’t lived there for a very, very, long time.

Question: What did you think you wanted to be doing professionally when you were growing up?

Transcript: I think growing up I always knew I wanted to be in politics. You know I’m not sure why. I think when I ran for president of the sixth grade, when I was election commissioner in high school, and I went to college and became president of the senior class of the Liberal Arts College at the University of Michigan, and I worked for the United States Senator when I went to Law School. I went to Law School in Washington to be there. I came back to Kansas where my family was in business, I think largely after law school, because Kansas offered me an opportunity to run for office. So I think I was probably always rather preoccupied with a political future.

Recorded on: 7/6/07