Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Forbes Fierstein is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play Torch Song Trilogyand the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. He also wrote the book for the musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth6 June 1954
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.
How time files when you's doin' all the talking.
Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.
I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding.
Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.
In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.
You may feel powerless as a child, but the world will one day be yours. And you're responsible for it. So, seize the day and take charge of it.
I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God.
I don't believe in the afterlife, so I do think when somebody passes, it's worthy of note.
I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.
CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals as token guest stars. Let them be the next-door neighbors for a change.
There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.