Kevin Smith isn’t writing a tell-all, but he is spilling about the A-listers he has worked with.

The director, who’s shooting “A Couple of Dicks” with Bruce Willis, revealed that he and Jennifer Garner didn’t exactly see eye to eye while filming “Catch and Release” in 2006.

“Jennifer does not share the same sense of humor as me — she did not like my jokes,” Smith said during the “Silent Bob Speaks” chat at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night. “I was picking on [Jen’s husband] Ben Affleck and making fun of him because I’ve known him for a really long time — I was talking smack — and Jennifer goes, ‘You know, if you keep saying stuff about him, I’m going to kick your a—.’ And she could — I’ve seen ‘Alias.’ She has a real girly sense of humor and didn’t understand that I was kidding.”

The portly Smith, who first directed Affleck in 1995’s “Mallrats,” continued, “I remember talking to Ben and being like, ‘I know your lady is not finding me amusing. Ben, I’ve known you for years, and you are far sicker than I am!’ His jokes are way dirtier than mine. He’s made jokes to me, and I’ve been like, ‘Ben, you need to go to church.’”

All kidding aside, Smith clearly has a lot of affection for Affleck.

“Ben is one of the most intelligent people on the planet,” he said. “He will run for office and one day be President, and then we’ll smoke a joint in the Oval Office. He’s very well-spoken and been brought up extremely well, but he’s filthy!”

Smith also chatted about his love for the late George Carlin and for Willis, who he says has “been in literally every cop movie ever made.” He added — rather randomly — that he’d save Wayne Gretzky’s life over Steven Spielberg’s or George Lucas’, and went on to profess his admiration for comedy king of the moment Seth Rogen.

“Seth is on top of the world. He has nine movies going on — all of them with [Judd] Apatow,” Smith said of his “Zack and Miri” star. “I was like, ‘Seth, you changed my definition of success — you are a functioning stoner.’”

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