Where can one see Kevin Smith talking about the Zack and Miri movie?”
Asked if bringing in the romantic element to Zack and Miri Make a Porno was done to draw in more female ticket buyers, Smith replied, “Only as much as one of the titular characters is a woman but it’s not like I’m, ‘I’ve got to bring more chicks in.’ I don’t really think like that. If I could honestly plan on how to bring more people to a movie, I would’ve been way more successful than I’ve ever been. For me, it’s the luck of the draw because ultimately I just make the flicks I know how to make. Nine out of ten, it’s not mass screening. In fact, ten out of ten. Wait, what is this? Eight movies? Seven times out of ten, it’s not been a vastly commercial film. So I didn’t go into it thinking, ‘I’m going to get chicks in it this time around.’ But I figured with a chick in the title, some chicks might be curious. Although most people don’t seem to know it’s a woman’s name.” http://movies.about.com/od
Kevin Smith Talks About ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks Star in Smith’s ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ By Rebecca Murray, About.com It wasn’t until he screened the film for others that Kevin Smith – the filmmaker behind Clerks (and it’s offspring, Clerks 2), Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jersey Girl – understood Zack and Miri Make a Porno stood out from the pack. “It was all when people started seeing it and saying, ‘This is the best film you’ve ever made.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ The weird one is when people go, ‘This is the best one you’ve made since Chasing Amy,'” said Smith at the film’s Los Angeles press junket. “It’s a weird compliment to receive, but, on the other hand, I’m like, ‘F–k, maybe I ruined the other three – or the rest of them besides this one.” “But it’s cool as long as they’re saying nice things,” added Smith. “Really, I don’t even care if they say nice things as long as they’re laughing and copping to it b
