"When I went into 'Fiddler,' I wondered about……" — Harvey Fierstein
"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."
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78 Quotes by Harvey Fierstein
Harvey Fierstein has 78 quotes on this site.
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I guess a drag queen's like an oil painting: You gotta stand back from it to get the full effect.
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CBS really wants me on TV. That's their aim. My aim is to have an all-gay sitcom someday, with heterosexuals…
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There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has…
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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…
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With Russia about to hold the Winter Games in Sochi, the country is open to pressure. American and world leaders…
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The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and…
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To make positive change requires lasting commitment, lasting commitment requires measurable targets, measurable targets requires detailed action plans, detailed action…
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Never be bullied into silence.
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Of course people are afraid. But honestly facing that fear, seeing it for what it is, is the only way…
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How time flies when you're doin all the talking.
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I have great faith in the United States. It's the only country I would ever live in.
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