Posted by Mica at rover.plantronics.com on January 19, 2001 at 17:23:31:
In Reply to: Just thought I'd post you. posted by Jeff Waters on January 19, 2001 at 14:37:48:
Wait until you're done with school (patience is a virtue after all). Then take a few months off... don't get a job, and practice your craft. If it works out, great! If it doesn't, you don't have to be homeless.
Mica
: Kevin Smith, my good man how the fuck are ya?
: I just posted to ask you a few things(No, not a job. OR a role) Just some
: advice. First of all I just wanted to say i respect you. You started from
: scratch and that doesn't always happen. Further more you helpled out Matt
: Damon and Ben Affleck with their movie. So props.
: But enough ass-kissing.
: I myself am an actor, and screen writer. I'm still in school, but I've
: worked hard. I don't just write 20 pages and refuse to edit because it's
: "my idea". I feel if i try, work at it and make some connections I can do
: the thing that I've always wanted to do.
: But i work and got school, by the time I have time for a pen and a paper, I
: pass out. I don't need school, cuz I know what i wanna do. Parents say that
: i'm dumb. So does my bro. But I KNOW if i eliminate school and can spend
: that time working for my ultimate goal. So what the fuck do I do??
: Jeff Waters