John Lahr Quotes

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, Florida, in 1956. My father, Bert Lahr, was playing Estragon, one of the two bowler-hatted tramps who pass the time in a lunar landscape as they wait in vain for the arrival of a Mr. Godot.

John Lahr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1941

Topics

FatherTimeWaitingWaitMiami

What offends me more than something sexist is something poorly written or unfunny or cliched.

Jenji Kohan

MeMoreSomethingSexistThan

Nobody knows I sing. Even though I've done Broadway musicals. I would only pick it over acting because it's such a pure form of emotional expression.

Megan Mullally

ActingNobodyDoneOverEmotional

Compassion in evangelical churches is out of balance. When I talk about it, I get a lot of glazed expressions.

Max Lucado

CompassionBalanceTalkOutGetLot

Reading was such a formative part of my childhood (along with 'Loony Tunes'), that it is difficult to pin point the most influential book. But, under an interrogation light I would probably have to say 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

LightChildhoodBookReadingSay

I would rather talk to a face than a camera.

Amitabh Bachchan

FaceCameraTalkWouldRatherThan

I like working. I think being on set is one of my favorite places in the world.

Sterling K. Brown

WorldThinkPlacesBeingWorking

I'm actually Cuban-born, born in 1956, the year Fidel Castro came into power, and my father moved my family to Miami a few years later when things were starting to look bad.

Steven Bauer

FamilyFatherPowerMiamiYearLook

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.

Tom Peters

ChangeTechnologyToolsDrivingWeb

Even at your best, the creative moments are still kind of fleeting.

Rivers Cuomo

BestCreativeMomentsKindFleeting

Women in the service put themselves in harms way to protect us and our Nation from threats at home and abroad. The least we can do is ensure they are protected when facing a horrible tragedy.

Louise Slaughter

HomeWomenServiceTragedyWayUs

Don't be afraid to adapt new ingredients into your own techniques, and traditional ingredients into new recipes.

Jose Garces

NewAdaptAfraidIngredientsOwn

I remember watching the 'Iron Man' cartoons when I was younger. I remember reading the origin stories and some of the Silver Age stuff, and I read 'The Avengers' - 'The Defenders' and then 'The Avengers' - and that sort of brought me into 'Iron Man.'

Jon Favreau

AgeManMeReadingRememberSilver

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by John Lahr