Kevin Smith Gets Emotional Talking About Bruce Willis 

Kevin has a big heart. You can tell he really loves Bruce. This is a loving tribute.

Good Deed by Bruce Willis -When my children were in elementary school in the Atlanta area down the road was a waterpark (one of the top 10 water parks in the US). -When Bruce Willis came to the park with his family he bought the dippty dot ice cream, which was expensive, not just for his family -but for everyone in the water park. -He was grounded enough to see the price of the ice cream and understand that many children might not get a chance to have that ice cream. I’ll never forget the teenagers working at the park we’re so excited and overwhelmed by the generosity and I was teaching teenagers at that time. He said a very good example that day. This was the summer of 98 or 99 -The teenagers know who bought the ice cream because they worked in the park. It wasn’t in the news or the newspapers. Nowadays teenagers would have been posting about it. It really made the teenagers think that if you became wealthy doing good deeds of kindness makes a difference.

Damn, that was brilliant. Kevin really does present a masterclass on public speaking. For 14 minutes he was self-reflective, funny, heartbroken, honest and respectful. He has a gift for articulation.

Glad Kev was able to speak out about this and finally make peace with it. You can tell it had really been eating away at him for all these years.

I wish we saw more celebrities that allowed themselves to be this vulnerable and candid in front of their fans.

I could listen to Kevin speak for hours, he’s such a great story teller

I’m a huge fan, all the way back to his Moonlighting days with Cybill Shepherd. Thanks for all the fantastic movies, Bruce! 👏🏼💯 Yipee Ki yay !!!

Big respect for Kevin for this and Bruce will always be a legend.

I was there last night. I was very excited to see that he was speaking. It was the only panel I felt I had to be at. It did not disappoint. He was great. I didn’t know about the feud between he and Willis, but I was impressed by his vulnerability. He always seems like a real person that’s what makes him so likeable and relatable.

2:48 Props to Kevin for saying "bless you" when someone sneezed...

What an amazing job,Bruce Willis is an iconic movie star,what a way to honor Bruce as a person ,friend,and family man

Kevin I fucking love you man thanks for being someone at 30 I can look up to

This was perfect. Exactly how I would describe Bruce Willis being a fan. When I was growing up my mom had a David Addison poster in her closet lol! He was the man, no one could have played that part better. So sad.

Just goes to show you never know what someone is ever going through behind the scenes. Be nice and kind to each other. Always. Even if it's not reciprocated back. Big respect to Kevin Smith. Never too old to learn. Never too late to squash a beef

I heard a while back he was making all them crap movies to cash out over his health declining makes sense now he's one of the all time greats.

Stuff like this reminds me why I love Kevin Smith. He wears it all on his sleeve and shows it to you with eloquence.

It's amazing when things like this happen. It turns out something was not what it seemed at all and you can be shook by that already but then you hear something that changes your perspective entirely. And it all turns on just one sentence.

We love you, Bruce. Enjoy your retirement and thanks for everything.

Respect this guy. Teaching empathy.

That was beautiful, man

I just want to give Kevin a hug there. His frustration with Willis was the result of being disrespected as a director; when the director asks you to change up something in your act and you deliberately don't do it you waste the director's time and the crew's time, not to mention blowing up the budget with multiple takes. In short, Kevin's frustration was justified. He had a job to do, and in the moment when you're trying to get the job done you can get frustrated. Was Willis' reticence the result of his illness? We'll likely never know, but Kevin sure as hell didn't know. Had he known I'm sure he would've acted differently. But having that come back on him 12 years later is just a gut punch. But he's big enough to apologize and that says a lot about him.

I met Kevin for the second time at MegaCon this year and it was the first time I ever met Jay (Both so nice and down-to-earth). I told Kevin that I watched him talk about Bruce Willis after his aphasia diagnosis and he agreed with me that he wished that the production of "Cop Out" could've been a better experience for the both of them.

The personal growth in this speak is inspirational! You do you! Make us cry and laugh x x

Thank u 4 uploading. As a Jersey boy- that feud was not easy to watch thru the years and it’s nice to see a human moment where someone can sincerely learn a valuable life lesson. So glad to see this moment, so sad to hear of Bruce’s illness. Would love to see a photo of the two of them if they do in fact meet up soon.

Everybody canning his recent movies(me included) turns out he's burning his legacy(slightly) to take care of himself and his family. 100% real life hero. I apologize for my cynicism Mr Willis.

Thanks for all the fantastic movies Bruce willis, your such a great actor, i'm a huge fan🥰👏👏👏👏

"You're never too old to learn something."

Heartbreaking. ❤️ burn your grudges to the ground.

Wow beautiful. Thank you Kevin for sharing this. It is all about forgiveness...I needed to hear that..once again.

I was there for this. It was heartbreaking.

Kevin we all have to learn at every age. You have a Big ❤. So glad you were told how Bruce felt. I too enjoyed him on moonlighting. As he went on to do movies I was amazed. You yourself are also talented. So glad for you.

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Beautiful!!

Kevin is so genuine

Kevin Smith is the down to earth star .. he realizes he is lucky to be there and gives his fans respect. That is why everyone should be his fan cause he seems like a really good dude. Same wife, no scandals, helped his buddy Jason Mews with his drug issues. Those are just signs of a really good guy that we all can be like.

This is lovely.

He didn't aleays have a bad time with Bruce. I've seen video of Kevin talking about working on Die Hard 4 and having a great time with him.

A gem of a human being.

Great job 👌

Blessing 🙏🏼

Kevin Smith is my hero.

The world needs more Kevin Smith’s!

Kevin Smith seems like a really good person.

It's so crazy going from watching "a night with Kevin Smith" where he talks about bruce willis and makes a lot of jokes to watching this. It's such a different take...

It feels like when your two favorite uncles quit fighting

Met Kevin smith at moobys in AZ totally down to earth dude

Never too late. There’s hope for Will/Chris.

There is a respect between some actors and directors. Like Robert Shaw and Richard Dryfuss, they may fight in the set but the respect for one another is always there.

I waved at a guy everyday on my commute to work for 6 months and he never waved back so one day I flipped him the bird to which he reacted by raising his handles arm up and giving me a confused kind of nod. I learned a valuable lesson that day.

Man, this video got me.

bless you Kevin x

God bless them both

I remember hearing something Similar about Michael J Fox when he did the show spin city he would hide in his trailer wouldn't talk to people on set much other cast and crew wrote it off as him being dismissive and rude but they found out later he started going through early Parkinson's disease and tried to hide it from everyone

We love you, Kevin!

Bruce Willis man, i mean it just makes you know when you fall out with some friends or family, it's kinda stupid cause like what if they got aphasia or something like that!? I mean it just makes you think abit, just to cherish the people around you while they're here cause once they gone that's it. I wish Bruce Willis all the best man. that dudes done some fuckin badass movies back in the day - Last boy scout, 16 Blocks are rather underrated. Celebrate Bruce Willis and watch your fav movies of his and make up with someone you've fallen out with, it takes a bigger person to reach out and try make amends; and if they don't want to know and brush you off atleast you can say you tried, life's too short.

I never would have guessed that Silent Bob would become my favorite speaker of all time, LOL.

Powerful

Good man Kevin

Kevin Smith is a great human being !

Kevin is as genuine as they come. Always has been. 💙🤘🏽

Leave it to a pop culture aficionado Kevin Smith to hip out what a fun, great album 'The Return of Bruno' was to so many people...I was a young teen when that came out and although I forgot how I got the cassette, I had it and played it incessantly Including now as I Spotify it

And everytime my eyes get dry from too much screenwork...I watch this clip.

My family was at that convention centre before it’s a nice place

the last BoyScout... Bruce Willis... "R" (there is no end) "as we know it time times and to the moon" ((thank you Bruce))

Kevin is looking good. Sounds good too. 🙏

Kevin Smith to Hollywood, for me, is much like how Dave Grohl is to mainstream music. He's one of the few truly authentic dudes doing it at that level, making it happen, with a goal as simple as just "follow your dreams."

i've never been big on the pothead humor driven movies (except up in smoke) and never followed kevin smith so it was a whim that brought me here so after listening to him in an absolutely moving way he's shown (me at least) one of the biggest problems with this country/world. we've lost the ability to allow ourselves to be wrong. i grew up when admitting you were wrong was the cornerstone to becoming right . too many people nowadays would rather double down on being wrong rather than admit that they're just like the rest of us and stumble even long after running becomes natural. admitting imperfection doesn't make you weak in fact it's what makes us stronger because you give extra attention to that aspect of life so as not to find ourselves having to relearn the same thing for a third time. personally i think the weakest among us are those who don't see themselves as being wrong about anything because you can only lie to yourself in public when you're alone you see just how small and afraid you truly are.

Bruce is definitely in the top 5 of action stars

Didn't Kevin do an entire monologue sh-tting on Bruce and how snide he was to fans? Guy completely mercenary.

Respect. Maturity

Good 👍

Unfortunately, there's almost always a good reason for shitty behavior. So many people are ignorant or abuse victims and have weird defense mechanisms. I wish our culture taught us more about how to mediate and work through ego issues.

When I heard of the announcement of Bruce Willis I IMMEDIATELY thought of Kevin Smith

Kevin always loved Willis . You know from his oath : Jersey represent . He told a story about how Willis did the acting like his Moonlighting character for a certain scene even though Willis didn't like repeating of an act like that . He did it anyway and when they finished the scene Willis said " That was for you Kevin " cool dude

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Wonder if that meeting ever took place?

Excellent speech, very touching and wise. (But I must say, those are some of the worst computer-generated closed captions I've ever seen!)

Appreciate his speaking talents - he’s a world class storyteller - but the real lesson here is maybe not to publicly crap on people you worked with. You might never get a chance to apologize. He did the same thing with Prince.

Wow I forgot about the morning cartoon show Bruno that Willis voiced. Ha!

Bruce willis a normal man.... In great extraordinary klassics like mr smith

class act

Never assume anything about anyone. Always make sure to ask.

The audio... can I get a transcript?

Do u invite Kevin Smith to speak at n event n decide to have 'two' microphones just n case nobody can hear him?

Mr. Kevin Smith is right , Bruce Willis is a G.O.A.T ! But so is Kevin Smith !

Much respect. Especially how it was on Cop Out

He looks soooooo much better thin

I wish the sound was better

All the nonsense we beings do to each other means less the older you get. Shit gets real when we get sick and suddenly none of that means anything anymore. Unfortunately Kevin knows this lesson well.

Such truth....years go by and all that stuff is just water under the bridge....you hear someone is ill and all you think is '$uck....that sucks and your heart is full for them'........life is too short for all that $shit.

Sometimes, sufferers will use the wrong word in place of what they meant, like my sister's dad began referring to his bicycle as his car...very painful.

Boa noite lindo video

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Wow, I've never seen Kevin Smith cry before Narrator: he had, in fact, seen Kevin cry many times prior.

Kevin Smith...always honest I love him.

Kevin has the biggest heart even if he no longer has the biggest belly to match🤣 well done Sir! But in all seriousness, it really shows the depth of his emotional state when Kevin can put aside his feelings and just let Bruce know how much he respects the debilitating actor.

Merci Bruce Willis pour tout vos films. Bonne retraite et peut être ont vous retrouvera dans un film en second rôle qui parlera de la maladie ce serais bien. Bonne chance longue vie et bonheur.

I love Kevin Smith more and more everyday.

It's so weird because I've always liked cop out, and I never knew it was a Kevin Smith movie until years after the fact. I thought he did a great job just making the movie as it needed to be, not a prototypical "Kevin Smith" movie, but a good buddy cop film.

I thought Tony Stark perished in Endgame? Yet, here he is.