Quote

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.

Harvey Fierstein

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Harvey Fierstein
Age: 71
Born: 1954
Born: January 1
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Theatrical Director
Voice Actor
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Harvey Forbes Fierstein
Change
Gay
Sitcom
Really
Door
Guest
Doors
Neighbors
Wants
Guests
Justice
Someday
Stars
Aim
Heterosexuals
Culture
Neighbor
Token
Next
Diversity
Tokens

More quotes by Harvey Fierstein

Image
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.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
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.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
What looks absolutely fabulous in rehearsal can fall flat in front of an audience. The audience dictates what you do or don't change.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
While we dance in the streets and pat ourselves on the back for being a nation great enough to reach beyond racial divides to elect our first African-American president let us not forget that we remain a nation still proudly practicing prejudice.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
It would be nice to redefine ourselves - at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That's not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied equal protection under the law, we have to admit that we’re under attack. This is not pragmatic politics at work. These are the policies of bias, exclusion and unfairness.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
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.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
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.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Pork was in 1971, and I stopped hanging out at The Factory by like 1973.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about the response I'd get - the backlash because I'm openly gay. There was none. I toured Canada and America, and not one single review suggested that I played the role gay or that I seemed anything but Tevye.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like to do movies, I like to do television.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Accept no one's definition of your life define yourself.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.
Harvey Fierstein
Image
Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.
Harvey Fierstein