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Theater has to resonate in your heart in a way that movies don't.
Harvey Fierstein
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Harvey Fierstein
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
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Harvey Forbes Fierstein
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What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.
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Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.
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There are easier things in life than being a drag queen. But I ain't got no choice. Try as I may, I just can't walk in flats.
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Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.
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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.
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Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
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A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.
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I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active.
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Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
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Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.
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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.
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A thing of beauty is a joy till sunrise.
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Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion
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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.
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I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
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How time flies when you're doin all the talking.
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But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.
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Theater is my temple and my religion and my act of faith. Strangers sit in a room together and believe together.
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I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage just ask anyone who has been divorced. The marriage contract is one of property rights. Or maybe you can look in the bible to see what Adam had to say about divorce since Eve was his second wife.
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