Film Quotes by Kevin Smith

18 Film quotes by Kevin Smith

Smith’s film musings feel like a chat over coffee with a fellow nerd. These eighteen notes blend humor, reverence, and a love for the pop‑culture moments that make cinema feel like home.

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If you're lucky, you go from being a movie fan to a movie maker.

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When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.

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I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.

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Indie film isn't dead, it just grew up.

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Why do my movies make people feel so dead inside?

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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…

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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 saw Richard Linklater's film 'Slacker' for my twenty-first birthday. That was the moment when it all seemed possible. This guy gave…

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So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop, man. And that's how I suspect a lot of people…

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For years, my job was to make the movie inexpensively. And I could bring it in. What I can't control are the…

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The first few films I made didn't look good at all, and I wasn't trying to make them look good. People dig…

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I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was…

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Im gonna try to pay for CLERKS III myself. As much as I love the crowd-funding model, thats an advancement in indie…

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From now on, any flick I'm ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: 'You wanna see it early to review it?…

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You can have 10 bucks to 10 million bucks and if you got a crew, imagination and a lot of people willing…

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It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it…

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Don't be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyone's bets. Be bold. Be stupid,…

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Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist…

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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…

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There was never any down side to casting friends over professionals. It was always fun seeing folks who never performed before stretching their wings.

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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…

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Stop…stop, that’s the next generation of fans… How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged…

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Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading.

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Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.

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In anything I've ever written, all the characters sound like me, which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I…

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If you grow up fat, you have to try harder.

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Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.

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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.

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It's too expensive, that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true, it is too…

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Based on the timely and helpful responses to my support issues, I feel that I made the right decision to become a customer earlier…

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“Brodie Bruce: You're gonna listen to me? To something I said!? Jesus, man, haven't I made it abundantly clear during the tenure of our…

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I know you're supposed to tell kids not to do drugs, but, kids, do it! Do weed! Don't do the other stuff, but weed…

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