 of national economic forces or global political forces, they were the result of failures of individual initiative. You know, the people were lazy, the people didn't get jobs. You gotta take care of business, you gotta go to school, you gotta get good grades to even have a chance. Glenn Close played Vance's grandma in the film based on the memoir. What's the point? I'm talking about a chance. You might not make it, but you sure as hell won't if you don't try. Why do you even care what I do? I ain't gonna live forever.