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 don't believe we need to take millions and millions of dollars and build churches and stuff... I think we could build houses instead.
Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe 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.
And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
In 1961 you had the American dream at its most fully realized. Tract homes, all of that culture was at its height. It was a peaceful time. Then you look at '62. ... It's the bubbling pot. By 1964 you had cities burning.
The audience here seems a lot more relaxed, a lot more in the mood just to have a great time.
As a 20-year friend of Rosie's, I couldn't be happier that we will finally share a stage together, ... With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly.
With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly.
Deco, ... I have one at home, I used it for a toilet paper holder.
You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre because it is an unmerciful life. It's six days a week. It's eight performances a week. And that's doing the exact same thing over and over and over again.
I didn't want to be part of a touring company they dropped off.
Maybe when you need the perfect gift for John Waters,