31 Harvey Fierstein Quotes for You to Enjoy

Harvey Fierstein

American Actor

Born: Jun 6, 1954

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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. Harvey Fierstein

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State-sanctioned marriage is a civil contract, period. A contract is not a judgment of moral value. It is a legal agreement between two parties that testifies to a meeting of minds between those consenting entities. It is not a religious act or rite and so has nothing to do with Adam and Eve or Steve or even Harvey. Harvey Fierstein

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In London they don't like you if you're still alive. Harvey Fierstein

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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

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A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them? Harvey Fierstein

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I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything. Harvey Fierstein

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It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as. Harvey Fierstein

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Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise. Harvey Fierstein

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The world is full of more interesting things than my voice. Harvey Fierstein

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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. Harvey Fierstein

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You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theater 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

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. 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. 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. Harvey Fierstein

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out. Harvey Fierstein

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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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I am thrilled - I can't stress that enough - thrilled when I see kids getting active. Harvey Fierstein

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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! Harvey Fierstein

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Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news. Harvey Fierstein

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My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay. Harvey Fierstein

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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. Harvey Fierstein

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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. Harvey Fierstein

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