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 actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that I may star in. Plus my concert and other people's work and all of a sudden you've got a very full life.
I have a lot of faith in President Obama. The thing that seems to be true of him is that he doesn't speak when you would expect him to speak. He's very measured in his response to things. He likes to get all the facts first before he shoots his mouth off. It makes me crazy; it makes a lot of people crazy.
When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody.
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
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.
Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way of putting it to rest.
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.
I didn't want to be part of a touring company they dropped off.
Maybe when you need the perfect gift for John Waters,
With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly.
The audience here seems a lot more relaxed, a lot more in the mood just to have a great time.
I've been dating since I was 15 years old, and I just don't seem to do it well.
Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas. Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.