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: : Kevin Smith would have you believe that all that stands between you and him is a little bit of luck and timing. : I love Kevin. : :It's a nice thing to say and for many a year I've followed the same philosophy. I had the ideas, the witty dialogue and spoonfuls of time on my hands and so embarked on a quest to be the new Spike Lee, the new David Lynch or indeed the new Kevin Smith. The only thing that seperated me from these heroes was a bit of luck and a bit of timing...well no, not really. : I suppose measuring your life in coffee spoons was a bit of method living? : Why try to be the new Kev or Spike or Lynch when you can just be...you? : :After seeing Dogma (at the British Preview screening) I came to realise that the difference between myself and Kevin was not luck but something far more tangible..Hard Work. : Um, yeah. forgive me if I'm wrong of being insensitive. Kev didn't just sit on his ass playing Sega. Santa didn't leave Clerks in his Christmas stocking. Sure it took hard work, but doesn't that sorta go without saying? I mean, say you want to be an accountant. It takes four years of hard work to become one. Say you want to work at McDonalds. It takes work to fill out your application, go to the interview and then to try to make that damn uniform look...slightly...okay. : :The secret to Kevins films is that they make you think that you can do it, or maybe even that it's easy to do. : I personally didn't think that was the great secret of the Jersey films, but whatever. When I met Kev I told him he inspired me to become a screen writer and he did. But I never thought it would be easy. : :I'm sure there are enough of you at this time writing the next great indie hit and I wish you well, but for me, I've realised (after seeing Dogma) that I can have all the talent in the world but without the dedication to put in the hours (and my god how much time must Kevin spend locked away in a room working so so hard writing material so that we can spend but a few hours watching it) I'm not going to do it. : I personally HOPE I'm writing the next great indie hit, but I'm probably not. That's okay for me. I'll work until I do something that makes me happy. : Remember Austin Powers was written in two weeks and...well, I won't blaphamise by persuming anything about Kevin and how long it takes him to write. : :I've decided that there's nothing wrong with simply being a consumer, I'm taking the pressure of myself to create. : Technically everyone is a consumer. : :There is some quote that I can't quite remember about success being 90% hard work and 10% talent..It's true. Luckly for us Kevin has 100% of both.. : True enough. (on both counts) : :I wasn't born to be a hard worker and no matter how hard I might try I can't break my mould..so I'm just going to accept it and spend my time appreciating the work of people like Kevin...obviously one of the hardest working men in the business. Cheers Kev. : I don't know man, I'm sad for you. You don't seem to be measuring out your life in coffee spoons at all. You in fact, seem to be locking it away in a coffee can and hiding it on the back of the shelf. Kudos to you if you can find a job that's 90% tallent and 10% hard work (and thus 100% appathetic). I personally like being lazy. I like hanging out, doing nothing. I wish I could be paid for doing nothing. Hell, I wish I could be satisfied with having no ambitions in life. : But if that's what you want to do... : People have decided to do films because of stuff like the Blair Witch Project which they say proved anyone can send out a piece of shit and make millions (maybe I didn't find it scary because I grew up near the woods). : Today I watched Mixed Signals and My Dog Vincent. Both inspired me. Both are fucking wicked films. Neither of them said to me that it would be easy. But then again, that's a message my mama's been telling me since I was five. : I shake my head. This was a downer post man. Oh well, have fun going alone into the great good night.

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