--- title: "12 Video Store Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Video Store quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Video Store sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_guy_i-m-a-video-store-guy-i-like-thumbing-th_2387192.jpg" --- > [I'm a video store guy. I like thumbing through things and holding them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-bixler-zavala/i-m-a-video-store-guy-i-like-thumbing-through-things-and-holding-them/) [Cedric Bixler-Zavala](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-bixler-zavala/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/cedric-bixler-zavala-10330_guy_i-m-a-video-store-guy-i-like-thumbing-th_2387192.jpg) > [I grew up in Maine working at a video store and found myself being pulled more and more to on-camera stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-simons/i-grew-up-in-maine-working-at-a-video-store-and-found-myself-being/) [Timothy Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aab/timothy-simons-11427_being_i-grew-up-in-maine-working-at-a-video-st_320323.jpg) > [I was just this video-store guy and now I was actually making movies and stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/i-was-just-this-video-store-guy-and-now-i-was-actually-making-movies/) [Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a5/quentin-tarantino-1030_guy_i-was-just-this-video-store-guy-and-now_2824257.jpg) > [Growing up, for me, movies were mostly from the video store. And so that was always the section that had the best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ti-west/growing-up-for-me-movies-were-mostly-from-the-video-store-and-so-that/) [Ti West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ti-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/ti-west-2310_always_growing-up-for-me-movies-were-mostly-fro_303088.jpg) > [And then after a while he got me a job at the video store next door. I used to lock up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mewes/and-then-after-a-while-he-got-me-a-job-at-the-video-store-next-door-i/) [Jason Mewes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mewes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/903/jason-mewes-23079_doors_and-then-after-a-while-he-got-me-a-job-a_1600374.png) > [None of my family is in the industry. But I watched movies like an insane person when I was a child. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-macdonald/none-of-my-family-is-in-the-industry-but-i-watched-movies-like-an/) [Danielle Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/danielle-macdonald-8379_children_none-of-my-family-is-in-the-industry-but_1107801.jpg) > [You find a movie you love and you figure out who directed it, then you go to the video store and go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-duffer/you-find-a-movie-you-love-and-you-figure-out-who-directed-it-then-you/) [Matt Duffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-duffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/matt-duffer-7250_carpenter_you-find-a-movie-you-love-and-you-figure_1058073.jpg) > [Ten minutes in a video store should convince any impartial observer that we live in a police state of consciousness, far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hakim-bey/ten-minutes-in-a-video-store-should-convince-any-impartial-observer/) [Hakim Bey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hakim-bey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/hakim-bey-17371_consciousness_ten-minutes-in-a-video-store-should-conv_1438536.png) > [I grew up above a video store. My dad had an account with them and... he was very busy and had his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-fox/i-grew-up-above-a-video-store-my-dad-had-an-account-with-them-and-he/) [Julia Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/julia-fox-7915_busy_i-grew-up-above-a-video-store-my-dad-had_938276.jpg) > [In '82 and '83, that was the rise of the VCR. Every Friday, my brother and I would go to Crazy Eddie's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/in-82-and-83-that-was-the-rise-of-the-vcr-every-friday-my-brother-and/) [Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/colson-whitehead-1042_brother_in-82-and-83-that-was-the-rise-of-the-vc_3041724.png) > [I have a video store next to my apartment in Paris, and they still have most of their videos on VHS. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/i-have-a-video-store-next-to-my-apartment-in-paris-and-they-still/) [Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/michel-gondry-6811_apartment_i-have-a-video-store-next-to-my-apartmen_1579021.png) > [Video store arguments really bother me. Let's say it's a slow night on campus so you decide to stay in and rent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-karo/video-store-arguments-really-bother-me-let-s-say-it-s-a-slow-night-on/) [Aaron Karo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-karo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/aaron-karo-48509_argument_video-store-arguments-really-bother-me-l_711783.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/video-store/#itemlist", "name": "Video Store Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a video store guy. 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