Nobody else can believe in you if you don’t believe in what you’re doing. I’ve willed almost all the stuff I’ve done into existence, and if I can do that, anybody can do that. So start your chatter: talk about what you’re going to do. Don’t pursue a role, LIVE that role. Like my sister told me, back when I confessed I wanted to be a filmmaker…I would add: being is doing. Doobeeboobeedoo.
“Then BE a filmmaker,” she said.
“That’s what I’m saying: I wanna be.”
And that’s when she gave me the million dollar advice…
“No - BE a filmmaker. You say you wanna be; just BE a filmmaker. Think every thought AS a filmmaker. Don’t pine for it or pursue it; BE it. You ARE a filmmaker; you just haven’t made a film yet.”
And it sounded artsy-fartsy as f***, but it was CRAZY useful advice. A slacker hit the sheets that night, but the CLERKS-guy got out of bed the following morning.
... Remember that if an ass-hat like Kevin Smith can succeed at something like film or life, then what the f*** is stopping YOU from doing the same? ... This s*** was not manifest, nor was it ever offered.
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Sunday, January 02, 2011
Kevin Smith sez, "Don't Dream It, Be It"
Kevin Smith sez:
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