Kevin Smith's Top 10 Rules For Success (@ThatKevinSmith)

✎ Kevin Smith is a successful comedian, actor and filmmaker, best known for creating low-budget film Clerks, where he also acted as the character Silent Bob. He also gives amazing motivational speeches, and inspire people to pursue their passions and dreams. In today's Top 10 video, we'll be analyzing our take on Kevin Smith's rules for success. Enjoy! :)
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✎ He's an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, public speaker, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film Clerks, which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob. Smith is the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, a comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey that is the subject of the reality-television show Comic Book Men.
-= SMITH'S RULES =-
1. Take the first step
2. Do it yourself
3. Find yourself
4. Express your own thoughts
5. Focus on the positive
6. Learn from your failures
7. Create opportunities
8. Inspire others
9. Find the right balance
10. Take your shot
-= BONUS =-
* Be willing to succeed.
* Self-express.
✎ Smith attended the Vancouver Film School for four months, where he met longtime collaborators Scott Mosier and Dave Klein. He left Vancouver Film School halfway through the course in order to save money to make his first film. His first film, Clerks, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994, where it won the Filmmaker's Trophy. Widely hailed as Smith's best film, 1997's Chasing Amy marked what Quentin Tarantino called "a quantum leap forward" for Smith. Chasing Amy, starred Jason Lee, Joey Lauren Adams and Ben Affleck, the $250,000 film earned $12 million at the box office. Smith has a website, The View Askewniverse, which opened in late 1995. On February 5, 2007, Smith and Scott Mosier began SModcast, a regular comedy podcast. Smith is an avid hockey fan and loyal New Jersey Devils fan.
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