He Took a Risk with an Off-Broadway Role
Williams made his professional stage debut as Estragon in Waiting for Godot, an off-broadway production also starring Steve Martin and F. Murray Abraham. The play premiered at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center. When The New York Times asked Williams if he felt the show was a threat to his career, Williams replied, “Risk! Of never working on the stage again! Oh, no! You’re ruined!”