American - Director | August 2, 1970 -
Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. 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.
Kevin Smith
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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.
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I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.
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It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.
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Everybody's got one killer story. It doesn't take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience.
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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.
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Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.
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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.
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There's something to be said for failing. It's not the failure you feel, it's the failure that people project when something disappoints. You're back to ground zero, where there's no expectations, and that's where I like to be.
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I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.
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I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment.
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When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.
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