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In Hollywood you kind of fail upwards

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Kevin Smith
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 2
Actor
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Kevin Patrick Smith
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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've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment.
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