Beckett Quote by John Lahr

'Waiting for Godot,' when it first came out in 1950, was a very different sort of play to the plays that were in the…

— Roger Rees

I've played Beckett. I put on in the 1950s the first Australian production of 'Waiting for Godot.' I played Estragon. The most interesting conversation…

— Barry Humphries

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

When I was 14, I saw 'Waiting for Godot.' It's one of those plays that if it's done badly is absolutely dire and can…

— Kit Harington

Waiting for Godot was not allowed. Neither was Henry Miller. The Soviets condemned them both. Miller would have been used as an example of…

— Barney Rosset

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

— Val Kilmer

Theo does comedy now, and he's traveling around the country doing comedy, and I actually just saw him, he's from Louisiana, and I just…

— Trishelle Cannatella

“God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.”

— Voltaire

“The gods we ourselves have created ruled us for centuries! What a great comedy! And what a great tragedy!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“The pair sat in silence: the ancient god from across the oceans who had retired, the human host of an ancient god visiting from…

— Adam Christopher

“I can recall quite clearly the journey from Omaha to San Francisco which I made with the opera troupe; God had created the world…

— Peter Ackroyd

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

— Anonymous