Harvey Fierstein Quotes

You're thinking of plaster ballerina lamps. - Harvey Fierstein

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. - Harvey Fierstein

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

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. - Harvey Fierstein

With her understanding of 'Fiddler's' important place in theatrical history, I am positive she will uphold that tradition excitingly. - Harvey Fierstein

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. - 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. - Harvey Fierstein

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky. - Harvey Fierstein

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do. - Harvey Fierstein

There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. - Harvey Fierstein

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