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Kevin Smith
American
Director
Born:
Aug 2
,
1970
Know
Life
Me
People
World
You
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Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself.
Kevin Smith
Life
You
Man
Yourself
Try
Be Yourself
Tell
Main
Simply
Always
Goal
Get
Anybody
Different
Should
Paid
The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out. That's why I'm always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers.
Kevin Smith
Life
People
Writing
Will
Value
First
Down
Society
Out
Tell
Entertainers
Hoping
Ability
Having
Only
Never
Print
Because
Always
Go
The Only Thing
In Print
Story
Whether
Acting
Why
Thing
It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.
Kevin Smith
You
Yourself
Somebody
Dream
About
True
Come
Like
Talk
Won
Paying
I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment. In fact, maybe that's really it. In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing.
Kevin Smith
Life
Me
Degree
Feeling
Real Life
Think
Characters
Kind
Bad
Some
Ripped
Fact
Bad Thing
Written
Like
Always
How
Sound
Least
Real
Maybe
In Fact
Anything
Which
Really
Moment
Ever
Thing
Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks.
Kevin Smith
Work
Religion
You
People
Our
Hundred
Hundred Years
Something
Failed
Missionary
Years
Overseas
Taught
Anybody
Anything
Whether
Convert
Two
I'd see movies, comedies, and I loved 'Animal House', I loved all the John Hughes stuff, but I never saw me and my friends totally represented.
Kevin Smith
Me
Animal
Saw
John
See
Totally
Animal House
Never
Stuff
House
Comedies
Friends
Hughes
Loved
Movies
Generally, I wake up, honestly it's creepy, but I wake up around 4:20.
Kevin Smith
Wake Up
Honestly
Generally
Around
Wake
Up
Creepy
People wanted more advice. So I finally thought I could totally put this advice into a book.
Kevin Smith
Book
People
Thought
Advice
Finally
Totally
More
Could
Put
Wanted
I think: 'Wouldn't it be great to work with Bill Murray?' And then I'm like, 'You know what, just appreciate Bill Murray from afar, don't find out that maybe he's not the dude you want to work with.'
Kevin Smith
Work
Great
You
Think
Out
Find
He
Like
Know
Dude
Afar
Maybe
Just
Want
Then
Bill
Bill Murray
Appreciate
I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.
Kevin Smith
Love
You
Dark
Political
About
Something
Calculated
Becomes
Just
Movies
Fun
Suddenly
You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we can't all be Joss Whedon.
Kevin Smith
You
Take
Know
Comic
Comics
Movie
Movies
Turn
Even
I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment.
Kevin Smith
Life
Degree
Feeling
Real Life
Kind
Some
Ripped
Always
How
Least
Real
Moment
I think the advent of the Internet gave us all a big boost, because by the time the Internet became mainstream and you could get it in your home, a lot of us were used to dealing in fan culture, writing to magazines or anything at the back of comic books.
Kevin Smith
Time
Home
You
Culture
Writing
Internet
Big
Think
Gave
Back
Books
Boost
Magazines
Could
Mainstream
Advent
Became
Because
Dealing
Comic
Comic Books
Were
Lot
Get
Fan
Anything
Us
Your
Used
By The Time
When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.
Kevin Smith
You
Trying
Artist
I liked hockey, and I still like hockey.
Kevin Smith
Like
Liked
Still
Hockey
I say what other people won't.
Kevin Smith
People
Other
Say
Oh, I'm online all the time now. I'm not an outdoorsy type.
Kevin Smith
Time
Type
Online
Oh
Now
The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death and everyone talks in monologue.
Kevin Smith
Death
Culture
World
Long
Everyone
Writer
Picks
Ideal
Ideal World
Talks
Crafts
Just
Conversations
Apart
Really
Pop
Pop Culture
Monologue
I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of.
Kevin Smith
World
Try
Made
Society
Carry
Weight
Feels
Like
Know
Within
Without
Lot
Very
Person
Being
Navigate
Fun
Thin
You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing to turn in some work next to nothing, you going to have a feature. But you can't get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, it's so crushing.
Kevin Smith
Work
You
People
Nothing
Imagination
Crew
Marketing
Willing
Some
Feature
Bucks
Crushing
Beyond
Got
How
Lot
Get
Going
Expensive
Movie
Turn
Next
Million
Million Bucks
The first few films I made didn't look good at all, and I wasn't trying to make them look good. People dig 'em because they like the content.
Kevin Smith
Good
People
Made
Good People
First
Few
Films
Dig
Like
Look
Make
Content
Because
Trying
Them
I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, 'Hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.'
Kevin Smith
Man
Everyday
Philosophy
Hey
Marketing
See
Direct
Direct Contact
Could
Contact
Like
Reaching
Because
Without
Audience
Always
Doing
Sell
Any
Movie
Wanted
Public
Them
If I Could
Indie film isn't dead, it just grew up.
Kevin Smith
Indie
Indie Film
Dead
Up
Just
Grew
Film
I sympathize far more with heavier people than I ever will with thin. I'll never be thin. Let's be honest.
Kevin Smith
People
Will
Sympathize
More
Never
Than
Heavier
Far
Ever
Thin
Honest
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