I feel like if you’re in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan. – Kevin Smith
It’s taken me 15 years to step behind a camera and make something everyone agrees looks like a movie. – Kevin Smith
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. – 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
I saw Richard Linklater’s 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: ‘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
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
It’s silly that anyone in this world tells you that there are only certain people that can marry you. – Kevin Smith
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
Everybody’s got one killer story. It doesn’t take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience. – Kevin Smith
From now on, any flick I’m ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: ‘You wanna see it early to review it? Fine: pay like you would if you saw it next week.’ – Kevin Smith
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
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
People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low. – Kevin Smith
I didn’t get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience. – Kevin Smith
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
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
So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And that’s how I suspect a lot of people do it. – Kevin Smith
It’s kind of debatable whether or not the advertisement model is effective. Like whether Nielsen works. – Kevin Smith
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. – Kevin Smith
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
