[on playing the lead character of Terry Hawkins and the making of
The Last House on Dead End Street (1973)] The budget on the film was $1500, including amphetamines, food, and rent. The key to low-budget filmmaking is exploiting to the hilt what you can get for free. I had the locations and my friends, all of whom were either undergraduates or professors. I say in all modesty that I was perfect for the part. In fact, it was a Czechoslovakian film producer that suggested it to me in the first place.