Jonah: Along the same lines, I wonder what is the smallest significant
speaking part in any movie? (Not counting, I mean, the 14th bad guy in a
Schwarzenegger flick who just has to say “Aaaargh!” or servants saying “You
rang, Sir?”)
In Samuel Beckett’s play HAPPY DAYS, if memory serves, the hero, Willie,
utters only the single word “It”. Winnie is musing about whether she should
refer to her hair as “them” or “it,” and pesters Willie for an opinion. I
am pretty sure it’s Willie’s only line.