• Tough Sh-t

  • Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good
  • By: Kevin Smith
  • Narrated by: Kevin Smith
  • Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (4,519 ratings)

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Tough Sh-t

By: Kevin Smith
Narrated by: Kevin Smith
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Profane, honest, and totally real advice from comedian and director Kevin Smith - one of America's most original voices....

Take one look at Kevin Smith: He's a balding fatty who wears a size XXL hockey jersey, shorts, and slippers year-round. Not a likely source for life advice. But take a second look at Kevin Smith: He changed filmmaking forever when he was 24 with the release of Clerks, and since then has gone on to make nine more profitable movies, runs his own production company, wrote a best-selling graphic novel, and has a beautiful wife and kids. So he must be doing something right.

As Kevin's millions of Twitter followers and millions of podcast listeners know, he's the first one to admit his flaws and the last one to care about them. In early 2011, he began using his platform to answer big questions from fans - like "What should I do with my life?"- and he discovered that he had a lot to say. Tough Sh-t distills his four decades of breaking all the rules down to direct and brutally honest advice, including:

  • Why he has accepted Ferris Bueller as his personal savior, and what the Tenets of Buellerism can teach about hiding in plain sight and lip-syncing in the face of danger
  • Why it's really fun to eat but not so fun to be fat
  • What to do about people who don't like your policies ( for starters, tell them to pucker up and smooch your big ol' butt)
  • What Kevin's idol Wayne Gretzky can teach us about creativity and direction

For anyone who's out of a job, out of luck, or just out of sugary snack foods, Tough Sh*t is an unabashedly honest guide to getting the most out of doing the least.

©2012 Kevin Smith (P)2012 Penguin Audio

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Title is misleading. There is no "life advice"

This is more of an autobiography of Kevin's movie career. There is no wisdom or life advice offered. It's a bunch of anecdotes taken from his experience in the movie business. Great if you're a fan of Kevin Smith and want to hear his success stories. But not great if you're were hoping to get nuggets of advice and wisdom from someone as successful as Kevin Smith.

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Classic

Fun, informative, and funny. Classic Kevin Smith. The book feels a little out of date. A lot has happened since publication. I wonder if he will update it in the coming years.

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He’s just like this in person.

After immersing myself in Kevin’s work over the years, I chose to travel to Dallas for the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot Roadshow. I had the opportunity to meet him and Jason Mewes. He is incredibly humble and hilarious. He immediately greeted me by opening his arms wide and hugged me like an old friend I hadn’t seen in a while. His Q&A after the movie was absolute perfection. I expected it to be short and sweet. Kind of like a stand up as a follow up. I’m glad he can’t answer a question in two sentences as he joked in this book. I will never forget how inspiring he was and still is. He’s brilliant and this book was just as great with showing his passion for what he does. I hope he knows that. He is an artistic genius.

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So Much Fun

Entertaining. Honest. Fun. Witty. Relatable. I highly reading and listening to the audio book!

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I couldn’t put it down.

I’m true Kevin Smith fashion, the telling of the journey that is his career, this book is and funny, full of wit, crude and endearing all at the same time. His reading of it, and the special treat that he gives the listeners by occasionally getting off script to tell you stuff that’s not in the book, makes it all that better. I loved this book. I honestly couldn’t put it down. How he arrived at success is a beautiful unlikely story, which we all get to enjoy due to his special charm, talent, and a unruly way wit. He’ll make you cringe, root for him, laugh and then want to hug him.

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Kevin Smith my hero

a hero I wouldn't be disappointed to meet!

I generally listen to or watch anything Kevin Smith creates. I love his work and have been a fan of his since I was 16, my mom being a fan herself introduced to his stuff and I've been hooked ever since!

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Nostalgic, Funny, Tough shit.

The hours flew by listening to silent Bob lay it down. I've learned new words and I really enjoyed the book. I think listening to Kevin read it brought the book to life. Hearing a bit about the story behind some of my favorite movies was worth every penny.

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Love it!

I love Kevin already but hearing him go over his life and thr emotions especially that of losing his father. Wow just Wow.

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Loved this book!

I absolutely loved this book! Thank you Kevin! I have learned some good things from this book. This book is helping me change my life for the better.

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Do we really need to learn about his love life

Ok I felt kind of like a bigot for skipping the homosexual love making in The People You Hate at Weddings, and will go down swinging for giving the movie version a one star if that is what they kept in. Then I spent a chapter listening to Mr. Smith’s first encounter with his one and only. This and an entire chapter of the time he went male Karen on a flight, has made me give the story a three. Which is sad he had a entire chapter of when he loved the Harvey Weinstein.

In the end, it is good to know the writer at least had sex once, I just didn’t need to know about it, and at 235 lbs, maybe I should plan a head while flying.

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