Biografia

Witty yet profane dialogue laced with pop-culture references

Frequently casts himself, Brian O'Halloran, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, and Scott Mosier (who also acts as producer on all of Smith's films).

Frequently references Star Wars: Episódio IV - Uma Nova Esperança (1977) and its sequels, John Hughes movies, Steven Spielberg movies, Degrassi Junior High (1987), and comic books.

Insists on editing all of his films. The only exception was Barrados no Shopping (1995), edited by Paul Dixon

References Hockey in all of his films: O Balconista (1994): Dante closes the store to play hockey; Barrados no Shopping (1995): Renee breaks up with Brodie because he is playing Sega Hockey; Procura-se Amy (1997): Holden and Alyssa break up at a hockey game; Dogma (1999): Azrael's imp sidekicks are dressed as hockey players and carry hockey sticks.

At the height of controversy over his film Dogma (1999), Kevin Smith and his friend Bryan Johnson participated in a protest against the film at an Eatontown, New Jersey, movie theater. Smith and Johnson hand-made signs that read "'Dogma' is dogshit" and and "To Hell With 'Dogma.'" The protest, which was supposed to attract hundreds of demonstrators, was only attended by about 15 people. Smith was recognized and interviewed by a local TV news reporter, to whom he refused to admit that he really was Kevin Smith.

Sold his comic book collection for money to film O Balconista (1994) and after the film was a success he bought the collection back.

Survived a massive heart attack on February 26th 2018.

As a teenager his girlfriend's mother wrote "Kevin Smith will never be a famous writer." on a sheet of paper and told him that if he ever proved it wrong that she would eat the paper. He still has the sheet of paper, and considers the mother a close friend. However he does not speak with the former girlfriend anymore.

Cast Alan Rickman as Metatron in Dogma (1999) after learning Rickman was a fan of Procura-se Amy (1997).

[on the hoopla over homosexual slurs in O Império (do Besteirol) Contra-Ataca (2001)] "Gay or straight has never been a big issue with me. Sex is sex, as far as I'm concerned. Some cats dig on the opposite gender, and some cats dig on their own. Sexual identity will always be as mystifying as why Os Gatões (1979) was once the number one television show in our country: there's no point in getting bent out of shape about it; it just IS. Some cats will always gravitate toward "Daisy Duke", and some will always pine over Boss Hogg".

They're like, 'I can't believe Kevin Smith gets into comics, and all he can do is a superhero comic.' Well, that's what I want to do.

I wasn't disappointed by Star Wars: Episódio I - A Ameaça Fantasma (1999). I know a lot of people were but I was one of those cats who wasn't. You go in with low expectations, or not expecting it to bring you right back to the days of your youth, but it's kind of a fun movie.

The Jay character is kind of based on who Jason was when he was about 14 years old. In the movies he's a bit more well spoken than he was at that age. Silent Bob - there is no affiliation to myself. I needed a guy to stand next to Jay and not say much, being that Jason was going to be saying a lot. - on resemblances between real life and his characters.

On considering dropping out of O Besouro Verde (2011) film (August 19, 2004): "Right after Menina dos Olhos (2004) came out and kind of underperformed, I was just like, "I got no business making large-budget movies". I should always make movies that cost less than 10 million bucks... I just don't think somebody like me should be in charge of big-budget movies. I'm too interested in dialogue, and dialogue and big budgets just don't blend very well".