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> [People often say Beckett is difficult or bleak, but engaging with it is the most life-affirming, uplifting thing. It's his use of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/people-often-say-beckett-is-difficult-or-bleak-but-engaging-with-it/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

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> [It seems to me that after the second world war, Beckett finally realized he had something to write about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/it-seems-to-me-that-after-the-second-world-war-beckett-finally/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

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> [Beckett was the most thorough of playwrights. He tells you what to do and if you've any humility at all, you'll take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/beckett-was-the-most-thorough-of-playwrights-he-tells-you-what-to-do/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

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## Other authors on Beckett

## More by Adrian Dunbar

> [We're in a golden age for television. TV 25 years ago was slow, plodding , boring. The production values were not great. Today it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/we-re-in-a-golden-age-for-television-tv-25-years-ago-was-slow/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [Any mother watching her son achieve his dreams shares that success at some level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/any-mother-watching-her-son-achieve-his-dreams-shares-that-success-at/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [I'm not sure about doing 10 takes of running up a flight of stairs, whether I'm really up to that... but I'll definitely have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-m-not-sure-about-doing-10-takes-of-running-up-a-flight-of-stairs/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [The 'Mother of God' stuff comes from my dad who used to use that all the time. He would say, 'Mother of God' all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/the-mother-of-god-stuff-comes-from-my-dad-who-used-to-use-that-all/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [We were always reminded by our teachers that careers take off at different times. They held up Arthur Lowe as a great example of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/we-were-always-reminded-by-our-teachers-that-careers-take-off-at/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [You really can't pigeon hole yourself into one particular artistic area any more; the days of one vocation in the arts have long gone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/you-really-can-t-pigeon-hole-yourself-into-one-particular-artistic/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [In Shakespeare, the moral balances are very fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/in-shakespeare-the-moral-balances-are-very-fine/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [Myth is sometimes more important than history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/myth-is-sometimes-more-important-than-history/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [I was really proud of the response to the first series of 'Blood.' Right from the get-go I knew it was a really good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-was-really-proud-of-the-response-to-the-first-series-of-blood-right/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [The Frank Matcham theaters in the West End in particular are incredible pieces of architecture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/the-frank-matcham-theaters-in-the-west-end-in-particular-are/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [There was a big thing in the Behan family of achieving and wanting to be something special. There was a big drive in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/there-was-a-big-thing-in-the-behan-family-of-achieving-and-wanting-to/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [I think if we had an All-Ireland economy and the North was in the U.K. and in the E.U. that would be very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-think-if-we-had-an-all-ireland-economy-and-the-north-was-in-the-u-k/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [I know a lot of actors who have said to me, 'who'd have thought you could put a two-shot on screen for twenty minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/i-know-a-lot-of-actors-who-have-said-to-me-who-d-have-thought-you/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [People often say Beckett is difficult or bleak, but engaging with it is the most life-affirming, uplifting thing. It's his use of language. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/people-often-say-beckett-is-difficult-or-bleak-but-engaging-with-it/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

> [There was a period in my life when alcohol was a good friend. Then there came a point when I realized that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrian-dunbar/there-was-a-period-in-my-life-when-alcohol-was-a-good-friend-then/)

[Adrian Dunbar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrian-dunbar/)

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