Kevin Smith on the Time He Offered to Give a Heckler His Money Back - The Joe Rogan Experience

Hello freak bitches. And then dealing with the fallout, yeah I used to have to deal with a lot more. I used to choose to deal with it a lot more and now it's just like I'm 46. I don't know what else to tell you. Like there was a person who came to one of the screenings on the road. We had the screening at, fuck I forget where we were, I want to say New Orleans, and of yoga hosers and I was doing Q&A afterwards. And you know everyone's getting up and like oh it's fun, it's fucking stupid and asking questions. And then one guy gets up and he is like tight dude, he's very serious. And he's just like okay you told a big long story before that movie began. And I did, it was a big intro before the movie began. I told like an hour long story of how we got there. And he goes that story did not match the movie I just watched. And I said no. And he goes not at all. And he goes why did you make that movie? He's going I found that unwatchable. And I go in the audience he's going oh. And I was like no man he paid. He overpaid to see this movie if I'm sitting here talking. So yeah let him say what he wanted. Like I'm a big boy I'm fine. And so he goes I just don't think you ever should have made it. It's terrible. And I said well you understand that's subjective right? Like you're surrounded by a bunch of people that feel like the opposite way. So you know people are applauding and shit. And then some guy behind him in line jumps in front of the mic and goes you want me to kick his ass? And I was like no fuck no. I was like everyone's entitled to their opinion. I said but his opinion is I never should have done this. And you know my answer to that is like that's ridiculous. Like if I wanted to make it like that's the only reason we're here I just want to see it. Like you could choose not to see it. And in this instance I'm really sorry that like you didn't our taste didn't coincide. But every time I go to do one of these things I do it the same way whether it was Clerks up to the most recent one. I just make the movie I want to see. And hopefully others like it. And sometimes they do and that's amazing and it feels great. And you're like holy shit my fingers are on the pulse. And sometimes you're fucking alone but at least you're like I'm happy with the thing that I made. I said but I feel heartbroken that you came out here looking for something I didn't give you so I said I'm going to give you your money back. And I pulled out 40 bucks and I was like put it on the there's like a riser speaker. And he goes I don't want that. And I was like no man honestly take it. It's not a trick. It's not like Jason Muir's going to come out and hit you with a hammer. Just take it. Like I feel bad. I want you to have a good time and shit like that. He goes no I don't want that. And I was like dude it makes for an excellent story. Like you'd be like I told him this movie fucking blew to his face and I fucking took his money and walked out. And he goes no and he went and sat down and crossed his arms and just stayed there for another like half hour during the Q&A. So for him it was worth the 40 bucks just to be like I'm going to vision a verb like just sit here and fucking hate on this and let you know and then sit down again. So you know you deal with that but that's the memorable one because that never happens. Generally speaking like when we toured the movie you're touring in a you're in a safe zone. You're coming out and doing a club night. It's like people there are there because they love you. They're not going I wonder if this fucking tween sausage movie is for me. Like they're already dialed in on some part of the journey. Like oh I've loved Tusk or I've been with him since Clerks or so forth and so on.