--- title: "10 You Quotes By Kevin Smith" description: "10 You quotes by Kevin Smith. Plus more from Kevin Smith and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kevin-smith-3887_art_when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a_2115533.png" --- > [When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a-very-expensive-art-form/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kevin-smith-3887_art_when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a_2115533.png) > [In Hollywood you just fail upwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/kevin-smith-3887_fail_in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards-17503_1750395.png) > [It's like a dream come true. When somebody is paying you to talk about yourself, you've won.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/it-s-like-a-dream-come-true-when-somebody-is-paying-you-to-talk-about/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/kevin-smith-3887_about_it-s-like-a-dream-come-true-when-somebod_2241084.png) > [The older you get, the more you realize you cannot win on the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/the-older-you-get-the-more-you-realize-you-cannot-win-on-the-internet/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/kevin-smith-3887_cannot_the-older-you-get-the-more-you-realize-y_1646944.png) > [You know, comics and movies, even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie, we can't all be Joss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/you-know-comics-and-movies-even-if-you-take-a-comic-and-turn-it-into/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/kevin-smith-3887_comic_you-know-comics-and-movies-even-if-you-t_751295.png) > [It's silly that anyone in this world tells you that there are only certain people that can marry you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/it-s-silly-that-anyone-in-this-world-tells-you-that-there-are-only/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/kevin-smith-3887_anyone_it-s-silly-that-anyone-in-this-world-tel_1306201.png) > [I think: 'Wouldn't it be great to work with Bill Murray?' And then I'm like, 'You know what, just appreciate Bill Murray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/i-think-wouldn-t-it-be-great-to-work-with-bill-murray-and-then-i-m/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/kevin-smith-3887_afar_i-think-wouldn-t-it-be-great-to-work-wit_1341522.png) > [It's kind of debatable whether or not the advertisement model is effective. Like whether Nielsen works. For years, Nielsen has been based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/it-s-kind-of-debatable-whether-or-not-the-advertisement-model-is/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/kevin-smith-3887_advertisement_it-s-kind-of-debatable-whether-or-not-th_727226.png) > [From now on, any flick I'm ever involved with, I conduct critics screenings thusly: 'You wanna see it early to review it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/from-now-on-any-flick-i-m-ever-involved-with-i-conduct-critics/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f2/kevin-smith-3887_any_from-now-on-any-flick-i-m-ever-involved_1947754.png) > [And the podcasting - I swear to you - on its worst day, the podcasts are better than our best films. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/and-the-podcasting-i-swear-to-you-on-its-worst-day-the-podcasts-are/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/kevin-smith-3887_artifice_and-the-podcasting-i-swear-to-you-on-its_1631161.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Kevin Smith > [“GOD DOESN’T HATE FAGS OR ANYBODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. GOD SAVES! THEN, GOD PASSES IT TO GRETZKY - WHO ROOFS THAT SHIT, TOP-SHELF!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/god-doesn-t-hate-fags-or-anybody-else-for-that-matter-god-saves-then/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/i-grew-up-in-a-pretty-gay-world-my-brother-s-gay-and-he-s-been/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [There was never any down side to casting friends over professionals. It was always fun seeing folks who never performed before stretching their wings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/there-was-never-any-down-side-to-casting-friends-over-professionals/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-carry-a-lot-of-weight-in-a-society-that/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/stop-stop-that-s-the-next-generation-of-fans-how-dare-you-pass/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/sometimes-the-path-you-re-on-is-not-as-important-as-the-direction-you/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [Any book is a self-help guide if you can take something from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/any-book-is-a-self-help-guide-if-you-can-take-something-from-it/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/in-anything-i-ve-ever-written-all-the-characters-sound-like-me-which/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [If you grow up fat, you have to try harder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/if-you-grow-up-fat-you-have-to-try-harder/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [Other filmmakers make their movies and put them out and that's that. For me, for some odd reason, it goes deeper than that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/other-filmmakers-make-their-movies-and-put-them-out-and-that-s-that/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/so-i-know-how-i-watch-movies-which-is-on-my-laptop-man-and-that-s-how/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/it-s-too-expensive-that-s-the-thing-nobody-wants-to-talk-about-it-is/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [Based on the timely and helpful responses to my support issues, I feel that I made the right decision to become a customer earlier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/based-on-the-timely-and-helpful-responses-to-my-support-issues-i-feel/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/brodie-bruce-you-re-gonna-listen-to-me-to-something-i-said-jesus-man/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/i-know-you-re-supposed-to-tell-kids-not-to-do-drugs-but-kids-do-it-do/) [Kevin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-smith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/kevin-smith/#itemlist", "name": "10 You Quotes By Kevin Smith", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a-very-expensive-art-form/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kevin-smith-3887_art_when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a_2115533.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kevin-smith-3887_art_when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a_2115533.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/kevin-smith-3887_art_when-you-re-a-filmmaker-you-re-part-of-a_2115533.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you're a filmmaker you're part of a very expensive art form.” — Kevin Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In Hollywood you just fail upwards.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-smith/in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/kevin-smith-3887_fail_in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards-17503_1750395.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/kevin-smith-3887_fail_in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards-17503_1750395.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/kevin-smith-3887_fail_in-hollywood-you-just-fail-upwards-17503_1750395.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In Hollywood you just fail upwards.” — Kevin Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's like a dream come true. 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