1950s Quote by Barry Humphries

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

— Val Kilmer

Samuel Beckett. He is a kind of hero for me.

— Peter Handke

I played Hamlet, I played Chekhov and Ibsen and all the classics.

— Harvey Korman

The one living playwright I admire without any reservation whatsoever is Samuel Beckett. I have funny feelings about almost all the others.

— Edward Albee

Samuel Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot,' billed as 'the laugh sensation of two continents,' made its American debut at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, in Miami,…

— John Lahr

My favorite playwright is probably Samuel Beckett, and he was always laughing at the abyss.

— John Cameron Mitchell

The first play I ever did was with Michael Langham, Brian Bedford, and Colm Feore, at Stratford Festival. That was my first professional job,…

— Elizabeth Marvel

In the movies, I loved Errol Flynn whether he was playing a soldier or a pirate. I dug pirates. In fact, my first exposure…

— Stephen Lang

I saw Waiting for Godot when I was 17 in rep with a then unknown actor called Peter O'Toole playing Vladimir. I remember leaving…

— Patrick Stewart

I once interviewed Anthony Burgess on the radio. I played pop records between the conversation.

— David Hepworth

I've played under Alan Pardew, Gianfranco Zola, Avram Grant, Sam Allardyce, Alan Curbishley and Slaven's made me captain.

— Mark Noble

I was an actor for over a year before I ever saw a play.

— Len Cariou