There's a lot of Kevin Smith interviews... I need a specific one

August 24, 2011 7:09 PM

LazywebFilter. I'm looking for a recent, and specific interview with Kevin Smith wherein he talks about how he kept saying he wanted to be a filmmaker, and his decision to actually make a movie.

I'm pretty sure this was in the last 6 months to a year. Kevin explained that he'd wanted to be a filmmaker for a year, but someone finally told him, or he realized that he needed to, essentially, shit or get off the pot, and actually make a film so he could call himself a filmmaker.

Thanks!

posted by SansPoint to Media & Arts (7 answers total)

On his birthday podcast of Plus One Per Diem, he talks about what he was doing 20 years ago and how that year kicked off his life as filmmaker. It may not be exactly what you're looking for (it was about 3 weeks ago), but should be a jumping off point.
posted by pised at 7:29 PM on August 24, 2011

It was his sister - it was an episode of SModcast that had his sister.

Pretty sure it was this one, which replayed on SIR very recently.

http://smodcast.com/episodes/sister-act/
posted by SNWidget at 7:33 PM on August 24, 2011

Response by poster: No, no, it was definitely a written interview...
posted by SansPoint at 8:26 PM on August 24, 2011

This one?
posted by raihan_ at 8:30 PM on August 24, 2011

Best answer:

See, I had this little experience with my sister. She was like, "What do you want to be?" I want to be a filmmaker. She’s like "Be a filmmaker." And I was like oh, yeah, right. And she was like "No. In your mind become a filmmaker. You’re a filmmaker from this day forward. Do everything as a filmmaker would do." And it’s true. It works.

posted by Cortes at 8:33 PM on August 24, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: That's the quote I was thinking of, Cortes! Thanks!
posted by SansPoint at 8:46 PM on August 24, 2011

In case you want to hear it from the horse's mouth, he talks about the same conversation with his sister in the podcast I linked to, with a little more context than in the interview.

Glad you found it!
posted by SNWidget at 5:13 AM on August 25, 2011