3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein The great thing about suicide is that it’s not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean, you can always do it later.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein I burned out on AIDS and did no AIDS work for a couple of years. I was so angry that people were still getting this disease that nobody can give you – you have to go out and get it!
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then I did on other things. He actually did a portrait of my rabbit and some other stuff. Warhol was definitely… Warhol.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life define yourself.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was a play in which no one had AIDS, but the characters talked about how it was going to change their lives.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein Beware of anyone who says they know. Trust me, they don’t, or they wouldn’t have to say they did.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein 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.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don’t change.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That’s rewarding.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it’s a – knock wood – hit, the checks come in for many years.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein You know, I always got offered other stuff. Not the romantic leads, obviously. But very often it’s a role that’s underwritten, where the character has no personality at all. And they need a character actor who can fill it in.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.
3 December 2020 Harvey Fierstein Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it’s story heavy, it’s about ideas.
