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Kevin Smith had an impressive drive, focus, and determination with respect to pursuing film-making. He wanted to get down to it; he went to the shortest, cheapest film program he could find, and dropped out half way with a partial refund because they were spending too much time on film theory and not enough on practical filming, and would rather spend the money on his first film.

Sure, he's a slacker in many respects, and proudly so, but in this respect, he was focused as a laser. It helps...




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