All these people who say success changes people well, no, it just magnifies whats there. – Kevin Smith
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. Thats why Im always hoping society never collapses because the first ones to go will be entertainers. – Kevin Smith
I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society thats very image-conscious. Its a thin persons world, and we try to navigate within it without being made fun of. – Kevin Smith
Havent two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You cant convert people to anything – whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks. – Kevin Smith
Its too expensive, thats the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. Thats not true, it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not. – Kevin Smith
You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we cant all be Joss Whedon. – Kevin Smith
So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And thats how I suspect a lot of people do it. – Kevin Smith
Id 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
In anything Ive ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I dont think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didnt sound like them at all. – Kevin Smith
Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and thats that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that. – Kevin Smith
I just love movies, so suddenly, youre political about movies, and thats dark. Its just not fun when something you love becomes calculated. – Kevin Smith
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 cant get beyond how expensive marketing the movie is, its so crushing. – Kevin Smith
Theres something to be said for failing. Its not the failure you feel, its the failure that people project when something disappoints. Youre back to ground zero, where theres no expectations, and thats where I like to be. – Kevin Smith
Everybodys got one killer story. It doesnt take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience. – Kevin Smith
I saw Richard Linklaters film Slacker for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave me hope. – Kevin Smith
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
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
