Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Podcasting saved Kevin Smith's career. 

So said the filmmaker (and you can throw a few slashes after that title these days) at the South by Southwest festival here on Monday during a panel called, appropriately, "The Business of Kevin Smith." 

"I had no idea, but that would become the f---ing center of everything I'm doing now," said Smith, who broke into moves after making 1994's indie hit "Clerks" for roughly $25,000. 

"The ultimate freedom that allowed me to walk away from the 'heroin' [money] of the movie business -- what gave me the strength to walk away -- was [expletive] podcasting." 

Smith said he was working on "Zach and Miri Make a Porno," which he wrote and directed, when he realized the passion that led him to make movies like "Dogma" and "Chasing Amy" was gone. 

"For a while I became a filmmaker and for a while a professional director," he said. "But I really felt like I'm an artist." 

Smith said he decided to take advantage of his access to celebrities and gift of gab to launch a new project. And he deployed a technique he said has always served him well: do what you love and what you're good at, then figure out how to make money doing it. 

And that led to "SModcast," a weekly podcast that he and friend/co-producer Scott Mosier launched in 2007 and do to this day. 

It was free. But as its online audience grew, the opportunities to make money arose. 

Answer the following questions:
1. What was the event called?
2. Where was Kevin Smith speaking?
3. What was it called?
4. What's his podcast called?
5. How often is it published?
6. Who else is on it?
7. When did it start?
8. Does he make money on it?
9. How?
10. What did he make use of to start it?
11. Anything else?
12. Is this what let him get away from the movie industry?
13. What does he think of himself as?
14. What did his first movie cost?
15. What was it called?
16. When was it made?
17. What did he write and direct?
18. Where did this festival take place?
1. South by Southwest
2. On a panel
3. "The Business of Kevin Smith."
4. SModcast
5. Weekly
6. Scott Mosier
7. 2007
8. Yes
9. Opportunities to make money arose.
10. Access to celebrities
11. His gift of gab
12. Yes
13. An artist
14. $25,000
15. Clerks
16. 1994
17. Zach and Miri Make a Porno
18. Texas
Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Podcasting räddade Kevin Smiths karriär. Så sa filmaren (och du kan kasta några snedstreck efter den titeln dessa dagar) på South by Southwest festivalen här i måndags under en panel kallad, passande, "The Business of Kevin Smith." "Jag hade ingen aning, men det skulle bli centrum för allt jag gör nu", sade Smith, som bröt sig in i flyttar efter att ha gjort 1994 indie hit "Clerks" för ungefär $ 25 000. "Den ultimata friheten som tillät mig att gå bort från filmbranschens 'heroin' [pengar] -- vad som gav mig styrkan att gå iväg -- var [explotiv] podcasting." Smith sade att han arbetade på "Zach and Miri Make a Porno", som han skrev och regisserade, när han insåg passionen som fick honom att göra filmer som "Dogma" och "Chasing Amy" var borta. "Ett tag blev jag filmare och ett tag professionell regissör", sade han. "Men jag kände mig som en konstnär." Smith sa att han bestämde sig för att utnyttja sin tillgång till kändisar och gåva av gab för att starta ett nytt projekt. Och han använde en teknik som han sa alltid har tjänat honom väl: gör vad du älskar och vad du är bra på, sedan räkna ut hur man tjänar pengar göra det. Och det ledde till "SModcast", en veckopodd som han och vän/medproducent Scott Mosier lanserade 2007 och gör än idag. Det var gratis. Men allteftersom dess nätpublik växte uppstod möjligheterna att tjäna pengar. Svara på följande frågor: 1. Vad kallades händelsen? 2. Var talade Kevin Smith? 3. Vad hette den? 4. Vad heter hans podcast? 5. Hur ofta publiceras den? 6. Vem mer är med på det? 7. När började det? 8. Tjänar han pengar på det? 9. Hur då? 10. Vad använde han för att starta den? 11. Något annat? 12. Var det därför han slapp filmbranschen? 13. Vad tycker han om sig själv? 14. Vad kostade hans första film? 15. Vad hette den? 16. När gjordes den? 17. Vad skrev och regisserade han? 18. Var ägde denna festival rum?
Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Podcasting saved Kevin Smith's career. So said the filmmaker (and you can throw a few slashes after that title these days) at the South by Southwest festival here on Monday under a panel called, fittingly, "The Business of Kevin Smith." "I had no idea, but it would be the center of everything I do now," said Smith, who broke into moves after making 1994 indie hit "Clerks" for roughly $25,000. "The ultimate freedom that allowed me to walk away from the 'heroin' [money] of the film industry -- what gave me the strength to walk away -- was [explotive] podcasting." Smith said he was working on "Zach and Miri Make a Porno", which he wrote and directed, when he realized the passion that made him make films like "Dogma" and "Chasing Amy" were gone. "For a while I became a filmmaker and for a while a professional director," he said. "But I felt like an artist." Smith said he decided to exploit his access to celebrities and gift of gab to start a new project. And he used a technique that he said has always served him well: do what you love and what you're good at, then figure out how to make money doing it. And it led to "SModcast", a weekly podcast that he and friend/co-producer Scott Mosier launched in 2007 and still does today. It was free. However, as its online audience grew, opportunities arose for making money. Answer the following questions: 1. What was the event called? 2. Where did Kevin Smith speak? 3. What was it called? 4. What's his podcast? 5. How often is it published? 6. Who else is in on it? 7. When did it start? 8. Does he make money from it? 9. How? 10. What did he use to start it? 11. Anything else? 12. Is that why he didn't have to do the movie business? 13. What does he think of himself? 14. How much did his first movie cost? 15. What was it called? 16. When was it made? 17. What did he write and direct? 18. Where did this festival take place?
1. Söderut vid sydväst 2. På en panel 3. "Kevin Smiths affärer." 4. SModcast 5. Vecka 6. Scott Mosier 7. 2007 8. Ja, 9. Möjligheterna att tjäna pengar uppstod. 10. Tillgång till kändisar 11. Hans gåva av gab 12. Ja, 13. En konstnär 14. 25 000 dollar, 15. Klerks 16. 1994 17. Zach och Miri gör en Porr 18. Texas
1. To the south at southwest 2. On a panel 3. "Kevin Smith's business." 4. SModcast 5. Week 6. Scott Mosier 7. 2007 8. Yes, 9. The opportunities to make money arose. 10. Access to celebrities 11. His gift of gab 12. Yes, 13. An Artist 14. $25,000, 15. Clerks 16. 1994 17. Zach and Miri make a Porn 18. Texas