"Indie film isn’t dead. It just grew up."
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"Im gonna try to pay for CLERKS III myself. As much as I love the crowd-funding model, thats an advancement in indie film that belongs to the next generation of artists. I started on my own dime, and if Im allowed, I should finish on my own dime."
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"You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you."
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"My Father taught me how to be a man – and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants."
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"One man's frankness is another man's vulgarity."
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"In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life."
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"Don't let anybody tell you different, man: The main goal in life careerwise should always be to try to get paid to simply be yourself."
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"If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life."
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"More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself."
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"I try never to worry in general. Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due."
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"Dudes know I'm not a threat. Chicks know I'm not a threat."
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"Storytelling is my currency. It's my only worth. The only thing of value I have in this life is my ability to tell a story, whether in print, orating, writing it down or having people acting it out."
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"In this life, if you don't celebrate yourself, nobody will."
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"Keep your focus on what YOU want to do - not what anyone else wants or is doing. You lose time watching others succeed."
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"Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever."
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"Everybody's got one killer story. It doesn't take talent to tell that story, it just takes experience."
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"Live a "Why not?" life, man. Take the shot. The shot is always worth taking."
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"I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan."
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"People have been telling me I'm a failure and that I'm doing it all wrong for 20 years now. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. You know your story. You write your own story."
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"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 like 60 in straight-people years."
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