Crispin Hellion Glover has a reputation as an eccentric—so much so that other interviewers have asked him if he considers himself eccentric. Our experience interviewing Glover was that he is extremely thoughtful and articulate in answering questions. Unlike most of people, he lacks glibness when responding to even very basic questions. The lack of glibness makes for a great conversation—when you play that game choosing who you’d like to have dinner with, Glover should be near the top of your list. Glib, however makes for easy-to-read interviews. Below, we’ve tried to make a very interesting interview (which ended abruptly when Glover had to race off to the airport) a little more readable by excerpting some of our favorite parts of Glover’s responses, while remaining true to the overall interview experience.

If you’d like a Crispin Glover experience of your own, Glover will be at the Castro Theater tonight through Sunday. He will be presenting his “Big Slideshow” (which we’ve heard great things about), signing books, and screening his newest film, “It is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE” Gothamist did a fantastic job interviewing Glover about the film; you can read that interview out here. You can’t rent or buy the films, so if you want to see them—hit the theater this weekend.

The show starts at 8 pm. Tickets are $20 and are available at www.ticketweb.com or at the Castro Theatre box office day of show.

How did you get the name Hellion?
My father’s middle name is Herbert. As a struggling actor in New York he’d say “Bruce H. Glover, Bruce Hellion Glover” to make himself feel better. When he met my mother he said his name was Bruce Hellion Glover. And then when they got married she saw that wasn’t his name on the marriage license and she thought “who have I married?” And then they gave it to me as my real name when I was born.

People have asked you if you’re eccentric?
Oh, sure. In terms of getting things of showing up and getting things done, I have to be absolutely 100% centric. If I’m not centric in those ways, then my artistic interests, which have more eccentric outlets to them would not be able to exist. So that centricity can help the eccentricity to exist. But yah, at some levels I don’t consider myself eccentric at all.

What’s your favorite role you’ve been in?
Well, I don’t know about that. I’ve been breaking it down more like, what are the films that I’ve been in that I consider to be good films that work. There are good roles I’ve been in but I don’t consider the film to work as a whole…, so that affects my view. It’s actually quite rare for me to be in a film that I think works completely both as a film and as my role. It’s actually a difficult question. . . . There’s really only a few. “The Orkly Kid” which I did when I was 19, I think that’s a very good movie. I like “River’s Edge”. And “What is It?” Is a good film and I like my performance in it…. I feel like when I say it people may think “what?” but I actually like “Beowulf”, I think it’s a good film and I like my performance in it… I think it’s a good cast, I think it’s well rendered… I like my performance in “Charlie Angels”.

We’ve noticed a hair fetish theme in many of your films—is that deliberate?
You’re talking about “Everything is Fine”, the first “Charlie’s Angela”, and the Orkly kid? You’re right. I have thought about that. The film that I do think is strangely related is, I did fund “Everything is Fine” with money I made from the second “Charlie’s Angels”. It’s not explored in the same depth as it is explored in this film. It’s humorous and interesting in the “Charlie’s Angels” film. Strangely in the first “Charlie’s Angels”, more than any other film I’ve acted in. . . I had much more influence on that character, except for “What is it?” I had the most influence in differentiating that character from what was originally written.